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Pricing Increases
We have been informed that we will soon be seeing price increases due to the growing gap between the Canadian and US dollar. The first things we currently have seen increase is Rite Cell foundation. Rite cell foundation is seeing increases of $.30 per sheet. Items over time will slowly increas..
Important Dates For Treatments
IMPORTANT: It's best to do mite counts by alcohol or sugar shaker before making the descision to treat for mites. Read more on testing protocols here: http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/food/inspection/bees/varroa-sampling.htm It's also j..
Fumagilan-B Returns Spring 2020
The nosema treatment Fumagilan-B will be back on the shelves come spring 2020. The Canadian Honey Council has talked with a Canadian pharma company to bottle and distribute the product to be sold to beekeepers. We expect to have it in stock about April. It's been add to the website for order ..
SSL Secure Store
If you hadn't already noticed, we have installed a SSL Security Certificate to provide you with more secure encrypted shopping. No more need to worry about your information possibly being stolen. Just another step we have taken to protect your information...
Ross Rounds Update
Just wanted to inform you all that the Ross Rounds equipment is on the way and should have it by end of this week or early next week. I have added the products to the website and the quantities appear with the ability to over order. So if you order more than in stock, you get what we have cu..
Ross Rounds
We have received several inquiries to see if we could stock some of the Ross Rounds products. We are working with our supplier to bring in a limited supply to start of and see how it goes. If all goes well we will increase our stock. The items have been added to the website but set at 0 s..
Fall/Winter/Spring Schedule
This schedule for this fall, winter and spring have been updated. More info: https://store.valleybeekeeping.com/index.php/fall-winter-spring-schedule Online orders over the winter will be shipped ASAP from our supplier...
Price Updating
As this year winds down, you may notice we are beginning to go through and evaluate all our prices over the fall and winter, and some prices will be adjusted. We have already slowly started into this and we have lowered and increased prices on various items. Updates will continue slowly over ..
Final Extraction
We did our final extraction of honey from Calabogie Peaks Resort, and though we had an unfavorable year with all the rain, we ended up with a total of 118 lbs of honey. The year wasn't it's best for many beekeepers in Eastern Ontario with all the rain, lots of lost queens, and lots of swarm..