It is barely spring here in the Creston Valley, and we’re just gearing up to go into pollination in the cherry orchards for which this place is famous. As I’d previously reported, we bought Swan Valley Honey last July and made the consequential leap of moving from the Vancouver area to Creston. As we wait […]

It’s that time. We’re pulling the first honey of the season off our new yards in Creston and getting it bottled for delivery to waiting customers. This week is an important one for us: we’re still in the midst of moving to Creston and are juggling two operations at and at Honey Bee Zen Apiaries in […]

We’re moving to Creston! Amanda Goodman Lee and Jeff Lee, the co-owners of Honey Bee Zen Apiaries Ltd, have bought Swan Valley Honey from Doug and Nora Crumback. We will be continuing the tradition of producing great Creston Valley honey. We’re even keeping the same Swan Valley Honey telephone number! For our loyal Honey Bee Zen […]

Amanda and I just came back from the North American Beekeeping Conference in Galveston, Texas, the annual confluence of the brightest minds and most wilful beekeepers you can imagine.  This is the time of the year when beekeepers tend to charge up their minds; for the most part, the bees are in bed for the […]