Canada: Backyard chickens and bees allow Victoria city-slickers to dip their toes into urban farming

Bees Please Farms has over 150 hives distributed throughout Greater Victoria

By Curtis Blandy
Victoria Buzz
April 14th, 2023

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Fraser launched Bees Please Farms herself and began making and distributing honey bees to people in Greater Victoria who wanted to help save the bees and bring more pollinators to their region.

She will deliver the beehive and the bees and routinely take care of them for her clients so they can just kick their feet up and know they are helping the environment.

As an added bonus, Fraser will bring 10 lbs of honey for those who rent the hives from her on a yearly basis that she harvests from her own hives throughout the region.

“I do all the beekeeping for people,” said Fraser. “It’s like how people hire a landscaper to take care of their garden, except I’m looking after their hive.”

“With honey, it’s very dependent on how strong the bees are and what area they’re in, because urban areas don’t really have too many flowers.”

“There’s enough to kind of keep the bees going but it’s not like we’re in the meadows of Peace River where they’re getting 200 lbs [of honey] per hive.”

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