Alberta Bee News
February 2021
Year of the Beekeeper
Wolfe Honey Company Inc./ Honey Bunny Inc.
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Q: How did you get involved in this sweet
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industry – what’s your story?
A: I started working for local beekeepers as a kid (age 14).
After a couple of summers, I liked the work, so I convinced my dad to purchase 50 beehives for me. Back in 1984, we were strictly packaged bee operators. Bought the package bees from the same fellow who sold me the hives. We set up in a granary with a manual uncapping table and an extractor. The honey collected was pumped directly into a barrel on the outside wall of a granary. The next year saw us move to 3 granaries, and then to 5 granaries until 1991.
Owners: Gilbert and Sharon Wolfe Location: Guy, Alberta Website: www.peaceriverhoney.co www.honeybunny.ca Connect with them via:
www.facebook.com/peaceriverhoney www.twitter.com/honeybunnyinc www.instagram.com/peaceriverhoney www.pinterest.com/peaceriverhoney www.linkedin.com/company/honey-bunny-inc
In 1992 the decision was made to purchase an already existing apiary in the Hamlet of Guy. This is where Honey Bunny Inc is headquartered today and a place we all call home. In the 1990’s, after numerous trips to Germany, I discovered that 4
