Cosman and Whidden Honey Limited is a family farm devoted to beekeeping and located in Greenwich in the Annapolis Valley of Nova Scotia. Owned by Tom Cosman and Mary Ann Whidden, our bee farm began as a small sideline pursuit in 1979 with two beehives and a passion for bees. Gradually we increased our colonies and since 1990 we have made our entire livelihood from beekeeping. With the help of our son Simon Cosman we now manage about 1200 honeybee colonies.

We package and sell delicious honey gathered by bees from wildflowers, clover, and fruit blossoms in meadows and orchards, from mountain and valley, across Nova Scotia. All of our honey is pure and natural, unpasteurized, and treated with care. It is a blend of the nectars of a variety of flowers including apples, blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, linden, sweet clover, sunflowers, and goldenrod.

Our honey is available as a liquid or creamed. Liquid honey has been heated gently to 40 degrees C. to delay crystallization for several months. Creamed honey is cooled and crystallized into a fine, spreadable consistency. In season, we also have honey available in the comb, exactly as it is made by the bees.

We are also producers of beeswax and makers of pure beeswax candles. Beeswax is widely recognized as the finest wax for candlemaking. Pure beeswax is very long burning, brightly flamed, low smoking, and deliciously scented with the natural fragrance of honey and flowers. Indeed beeswax is made by bees from the same raw material as honey, namely the nectar of flowers. After filling with honey certain young bees secrete tiny flakes of wax which are sculpted into the beautiful honeycomb that forms the physical structure of their city. For every 200 lbs. of honey harvested, we produce about 1 lb. of beeswax as a byproduct.

Our bee farm also provides commercial pollination services to fruit growers across Nova Scotia. In May, most of our beehives are pollinating the orchards of apples, pears, plums, and cherries in the Annapolis Valley. In June, the beehives are transported to wild blueberry fields across the Province as well as strawberry, raspberry, and highbush blueberries in the Valley. Some of the bees are moved yet again in mid-summer, onto cranberries, squash, pumpkins, cucumbers, and sunflowers, while most of the colonies are settled into clover fields and wildflower meadows for honey gathering.

All of our products are also available every Saturday at our booth at the Halifax Farmers Market in the historic Keiths Brewery, Lower Water Street, Halifax. Our honey is also widely available at farmers markets and food stores in the Valley, Halifax, and South Shore regions. Some of these include.

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