Honey availability in Ontario Canada

[TheAler]

Hello everyone. I was looking for some different honeys available in Ontario. I am currently fermenting only raw unpasteurized honeys from the Niagara region and would like to find some more interesting honeys from other regions. So far I have used:

Charlie Bee (from Beamsville) wildflower, blueberry and buckwheat honey.
A bucket of wildflower from an Amish store in Elora
Wildflower, blueberry and buckwheat from the local farmers market in St. Catharines and,
Wildflower from Rosewood Estate Winery in Beamsville

Looking for something new like some northern wildflower.

Thanks for any help.

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[SmokeyMcBong]

I'm not positive as to what kinds of honey are produced there but I do remember passing a sign for local honey somewhere between Pontypool and Lindsay while heading to the camp in the summer. If you're interested I could probably get somemore info on them.

 

[TheAler]

Smokey, that would be great. I'd like to try some wild flower from some less agricultural areas. In Niagara here we have a lot of grapes, apple and tenderfruit trees. I would think there would be a difference in the honey produced.

 

[SmokeyMcBong]

ok, I'll ask some of my friends who live up there to let me know the details. As soon as I know, you'll know.

 

[TheAler]

Thanks again.

 

[SmokeyMcBong]

hey bro, a friend of mine just got back to me. he has gotten honey from http://kawarthaherbs.blogspot.ca/search/label/products for brewing before. not sure on how spendy they are tho. i've asked a couple of people so more links may come.

 

[TheAler]

Great. Thanks a lot. I'll check them out. Any info helps.

 

[TheAler]

An update. I was ice fishing near North Bay, Ontario and came across Boards apiary. Was able to pick up 30kg of Basswood Honey. Looking forward to starting that next week. Still looking for other honeys such as this in Ontario.

 

[fatbloke]

Ha! I always find it interesting to read of such, er, issues. Especially comment like about what is available in certain areas........

To read of what's grown around the Niagra area, yet being aware that when the temp drops for late autumn or early winter, the majority of Canada (and the central northern US area for that matter) seems to resemble an ice cube quite quickly........

We like to moan about the weather, but given we're close to the same latitude as Nova Scotia, we have it very easy........

It really does seem like nature must have to work double shifts/overtime to get its full scope in, in such a short (seemingly so) time.

But I still don't follow why it seems to be that honey sales information is so hard to find outside the US? Maybe it's because from a business stand point, we're all playing catch up in the marketing/advertising part ?

I for one would happily do small scale imports if they'd only say about the types of containers used. Buckets are, IMO, not strong enough for international movements, whereas screw top drums and cans are.

Others are "in the same boat".........breath deeply and relax

 

[SmokeyMcBong]

I got a couple more places for you. Once I can get to my cpu I'll post them up.