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Campbell's Honey

Campbell's Honey

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A Canadian beekeeper's adventures making honey in Ontario.

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  • Winter Holidays in Texas

    Posted on Sunday November 15th, 2009 at 15:19

    Its been a very busy November here in  Alamo Palms RV Park, where we take our winter holiday from Campbell's Honey. We are situated in South Texas just 20 minutes from the border with Mexico. Alamo is a suburb of McAllen Texas on Hwy 83. We spend 5 ...

  • Combining Beans

    Posted on Monday October 26th, 2009 at 19:09

    This was a cool sunny day in late October,just the perfect day for combining soy beans on Campbells Farm. Peter was operating the machine and I took the opportunity to ride with him, and check out the automatic features on the combine. The summer ha...

  • A Cattle drive on the Farm

    Posted on Sunday October 18th, 2009 at 11:46

    There have always been cattle raised on Campbell's Farm, and today we moved some newly acquired animals to a different pasture on the other side of Percy Creek. It was all new to these Black Angus, because they were raised in Alberta Canada, and were...

  • Packing up the Hives for Winter

    Posted on Thursday October 15th, 2009 at 20:11

    The weather is chilly, the leaves are almost gone from the trees, and the bees have a winter's supply of honey in the brood-chambers. Mid October is the time we pack up the bees for the long cold winter, which usually means deep snow, and temperature...

  • A Centennial Farm !

    Posted on Sunday October 4th, 2009 at 21:12

    The home of Campbell's Honey is a Centennial farm, situated on Campbell Rd. in Northumberland County, Ontario Canada. My Great Grandfather was born in Scotland in the mid 1800's, and as a young man was involved in a sexual misadventure which caused h...

  • Rendering Beeswax

    Posted on Wednesday September 30th, 2009 at 20:34

    Beeswax is a natural secretion of honeybees in the hive,  for the purpose of building honeycomb. As with all things in life, there is a cost involved. One lb. of beeswax as produced  in the hive, takes 8 lb. of honey to manufacture, But without thi...

Comments & Reviews

This blog is currently rated a 5.00 out of a possible 5 based on 3 comments.

eric5653

5 stars Eric

Very interesting and good info for beekeepers.

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TheBugDoctor

5 stars The Bug Doctor

Excellent work. I'll be back and link to you quite often.

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RobCampbell

5 stars Robert Campbell

This is the best blog on beekeeping that I have ever seen.

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