Cosman and Whidden Honey - Pure Nova Scotia Honey

Pollination

Our bee farm also provides commercial pollination services to fruit growers across Nova Scotia.

In May, most of our beehives pollinate the orchards of apples, pears, plums, and cherries in the Annapolis Valley.

In June, we transport the bee hives to wild blueberry fields across the province as well as strawberry, raspberry, and high bush blueberries in the Valley.

Midsummer, we move some hives to cranberries, squash, pumpkins, cucumbers, and sunflowers. The rest of the colonies remain settled into clover fields and wildflower meadows for honey gathering.

When bees visit flowers, they collect pollen in the pollen baskets on their hind legs (the yellow mass on some of the bees shown).

Honey Bees hard at work

To collect pollen, we put a mesh pollen trap in the entranceway. As the bees go through the mesh, some of the pollen is knocked from their baskets and drops into this collector.

Different flowers have different colours of pollen, so the mixture of colours may change depending on the season.After collecting the bee pollen we clean and dry it for sale as a health food.

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