Recipe #2 is here! This is one of our favorites, for complimenting our meals and using for immunity. It’s Fermented Honey Garlic! Here at Shalom Apiaries garlic is almost as populous as honey, and we love eating both. Ingredients: Directions: Peel garlic cloves and put into a glass jar, leaving at least 1.5 inches of […]
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The importance of pollen in the hive
Through research this winter and preparing my talk for the Wildflowers Women’s Homesteading Conference spring 2026, I came to understand how crucial a pollen supply is for a producing colony, and how the worker bees ration the supply especially in the spring before flowers are blooming and after the flowers have finished blooming in fall. […]
Shalom Apiaries recipes #1
Hey! We’re starting a new thing. Everyone loves a good recipe, tried and true, and well-loved. Here at Shalom Apiaries, we not only harvest delicious raw wildflower honey, we also use it copiously in our kitchen! On the Shalom Apiaries recipe blog posts, I’ll be sharing my own recipes that use honey, whether tweaked to […]
Photo blog!
Here’s some photos from last week! Spring is here; the yards are getting unwrapped, their bottom boards cleaned, and feed topped up. Foragers are bringing natural pollen in, so they’ve abandoned the pollen supplement feeders we’ve provided, as is normal and good. Oxalic acid treatments are also underway!
Mite Treatments
For this post I’m going to focus on what we’ve tried for our beekeeping operation in treating for mites, and the pros and cons of each. Oxalic Acid Vapor: This is #1 because it has been effective, consistent, and overall inexpensive. There aren’t many cons: Vaporization tools can be expensive up front cost but the […]
Hive Survival 2026!
2025/2026 winter was a tough one on the bees. Initally it was looking good with not too many temperature swings but as the winter wore on, we had high highs and low lows…and then spring teased us for a day or two in March but winter fought back and extended into late April before the […]
Spring to-do for your hives
After you’ve found out how many of your honeybee colonies have survived the winter, they need some TLC to start building up strength and you as the beekeeper has many tools and resources at your disposal to help them before the flowers begin growing! Here’s our typical spring schedule at Shalom Apiaries: Products we use […]
Wildflowers Womens’ Homesteading Conference
We had a very amazing and successful weekend at Champetre County April 24-25! Victoria was invited to give a beekeeping presentation and workshop and we also had our market table set up there over the weekend. It was a fantastic group of ladies, and despite the blizzard and bad roads outside, we had a very […]
Wildflowers Womens’ Homestead Conference
We are excited to be a part of the homestead conference in Champetre County, in April 2026! Victoria will be presenting on honeybees and beekeeping and leading a workshop with a live colony of bees! Learn more about all that the conference has going on this year at windvalleyfarms.ca Victoria Bartholomew is a beekeeper, homemaker, […]
2024 Spring Honey is here!
Before you see the Saskatchewan canola fields bloom yellow in early July the bees are pollinating wild flowers and alfalfa. This creates a honey with a rich taste, with a golden color and it stays liquid longer. To capture this special flavor we harvest the first crop of honey before July so we can sell […]