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Canaan Honey November News Brief
Shop days for November
Tues 21
Wed 22
Thurs 23
9am-5pm
Shop days for December
Tues 19
Wed 20
Thurs 21
9am-5pm
Bring your own containers for us to fill, or purchase off the shelf.
Dear <<First Name>>,
We are ready once again to refill your honeypots and provide you with a selection of prepacked honey from our shelves.
As always, we are happy to provide honey from our shelves in between shop days for yourself or visitors. Please phone first: (06) 345 5350
Check out our news items below:
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John’s Beekeeping Diary for November
It has been all go this month before the start of the honey season. Preparations have included checking on feed supply and colony health, requeening, and various manipulations of frames and bees to prevent swarming. Each hive is different in its needs.
The whole process is so absorbing that I lose all track of time. I cannot refer to my watch because it is covered over with my beekeeping garb. The sun dips down, shadows lengthen and the birdsong changes. Only then do I realise the day is closing in. There is still travel down a country lane and back along the main highway to home. What is still to be done has to wait for tomorrow.
Perhaps tomorrow, or next week, everything will suddenly change when nectar from pastoral and tree sources suddenly becomes available. It is just like a tap has been turned on. This is what we as beekeepers have been patiently and busily waiting for.
Bee Swarms
If you discover a swarm of bees in your back yard or workplace, give us a call on 06 345 5350.
~ John Brandon
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Janice’s Chat - From Our Home to Yours
What busy and exciting days for us!
Each year at this time, we move up a notch in our beekeeping activities, with the needs of the bees dictating our work and driving us forward.
For me on the home front, flexibility is the key word, as I’m never totally sure when the workers will return home for meals. Lunch can be mid-afternoon and dinner very late.
Table talk is usually lively and fun as stories abound. There have been ups and downs, highs and lows as some hives have struggled to become established. Now we feel the hives have turned a corner, and it’s full steam ahead for hopefully, a good honey crop.
The kitchen is a hive of activity as I prepare tasty morsels for all. It’s amazing how often I dip into our honeypot, which often needs to be replenished! (Fortunately for us, the shop is not too far away!) Breakfast is a highlight with the overnight oats and fruit, lunchtime smoothies, salads with a delicious honey dressing, and homemade bread – all with a touch of honey, sometimes strongly flavoured like Native Bush, other times for a real treat, using Blue Borage.
Just a reminder that all these options and many other ideas can be found on our website.
~ Janice Brandon
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Honey Price List
Off-the-Shelf
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250g |
500g |
1kg |
2kg |
2.8kg |
5.6kg |
Clover |
$4.80 |
$8.50 |
$16 |
$31 |
$42.00 |
$80.50 |
Wildflower |
$5.00 |
$9.00 |
$17 |
$33 |
$44.50 |
$86.50 |
Wanganui City Gardens (liquid) |
$5.00 |
$9.00 |
$17 |
$33 |
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Blue Borage (liquid) |
$5.80 |
$10.50 |
$20 |
$39 |
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Native Bush |
$5.50 |
$10.00 |
$19 |
$37 |
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Comb Honey: |
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Not available until next season |
Bring Your Own Container prices, per kg
Clover |
$14 liquid or granulated |
Wildflower |
$15 granulated only |
Wanganui City Gardens |
$15 liquid only |
Native Bush |
$17 granulated only |
Blue Borage |
$18 liquid only |
New Season’s Manuka Honey
This season we have three different grades of Manuka, based on their MGO laboratory test: Low, Medium and High.
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250g |
500g |
1kg |
BYO Container |
Low MGO: 183mg/kg |
$14 |
$26.50 |
$52 |
$50/kg |
Medium MGO: 274mg/kg |
$25 |
$46.50 |
$92 |
pre-packed only |
High MGO: 520mg/kg |
$36 |
$71.50 |
$142 |
pre-packed only |
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Help! What happens if I run out of honey before next shop days?
Just before you make your morning toast, give us a call on (06)345 5350 to arrange a pick-up of an extra pot or two from our shelf.
Sorry, in between shop days we are unable to fill your own containers.
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