Smirlholm Farms Honey

Smirlholm Farms — a family tradition

Agriculture has always been my passion. In 1991, I took over the operation of my grandparents' small dairy, and continued it for 25 years. Changes to the dairy industry made a small operation unsustainable, so it was time for me to diversify. My fascination with honeybees was the reason I took an apiary management course when I attended the University of Guelph, from 1986 to 1989. When I left cows and milk, bees and honey seemed like a natural transition.

Bees make honey amazing, and we keep it that way! By maintaining a small, non-commercialized, sustainable apiary we can personally oversee all our hives and their care. Our bees forage on alfalfa, sweet clover, sunflowers, and several species of wildflowers native to Dundas county — producing a high quality honey with exceptional taste and aroma unique to this region. We extract direct from the hive, without high temperature or pressurized filtering systems, to ensure the maximum amount of pollen and all of honey's healthful properties remain untouched.

"No more bees, no more pollination, no more plants, no more animals, no more man." Albert Einstein

Smirlholm Farms is located in Morewood, ON (40 minutes south east of downtown Ottawa) and is honoured to have been voted best honey by the Eastern Ontario Beekeepers Association. We are a family-run operation — myself, my wife, and my daughter — and proud participants in the Operation Pollinator Program, dedicating sections of our farm to native wildflower mixes that expand every year.

We invite you to try our honey and add some sweetness to your day!