Dorchester, ON.
Big Sugar Farm
OUR STORY
A Family-Owned Business
Meet Dwayne, Owner of Big Sugar. When he is not beekeeping which is most of the time, you can find him learning new ways to make the best-of-the-best raw honey and better healthier bee's
ABOUT BIG SUGAR FARM
Big Sugar Farm began on our farm in 2005, situated on 100 acres of rolling pastures with approximately 20 acres of pristine, managed forest, located just East of London Ontario.
Since then we have moved our location to the beautiful town of Dorchester Ontario. Beehives remain at our original property as the honey that is produced from that location is spectacular and the new owners love the bees as much as we do. We have 40 or so Bee colonies here on the Dorchester farm.
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in 2022 with the expansion of the Apiary we began to rear Queens and and started building and selling Nucleus Colonies to Beekeepers all over Ontario.
Our Equipment
We mostly run single deep brood boxes with a queen excluder and honey boxes above to run for honey. We also have 25 double nut boxes known as Palmer's that are used for Nucleus production, queen mating and in the late summer honey boxes are added.
OUR APIARY
2017 Marked the beginning of our Honey Bee Adventure and it has been exciting!
In just a few years we have expanded from 4 to over 100 colonies! In a very short time we have learned what it takes to keep our bees happy and give them everything they need to thrive. It also keeps us jumping in the apiary every day from April to November.
Our Bees
We know that bees want to make more bees and swarm every spring, this is their prime directive. Hive management is the key to success. Keeping bees in our boxes and not in the trees is the number one priority for us in the spring once the honey flow begins. It's a lot of work, but we love it!
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