Hive and Harvest

09/29/2026

We are beyond excited about this new activity book about native bees!

It's finally here!! The first Native Bee Society of BC kid's Activity Book 🐝🐝🐝

bcnativebees.org/beebook

This book is FREE to download on the website. It's not just a colouring book, it's full of games and learning activities to help your kids understand and cherish our native bees. The book is aimed at ages 9 - 12 but there are pages for every age including adults! If you'd rather have a real book, with full colour cover and great quality printing: check out the online order form on the website and we'll mail it to you! (Orders of up to 2 can be letter-mailed within Canada. For orders of more than two copies, or orders outside of Canada, email [email protected])

06/03/2026

https://youtube.com/shorts/A3cShsfbo2U?si=SCCbFsvJ6UZjUO_p

Native Mason Bees are such a great friend to have in the garden.

05/02/2026

Wow, we sold a lot of tomatoes at the garden expo AND we still have a lot left. Message me if you're looking for some delicious heirloom plants to add to your garden or greenhouse this year.

04/26/2026

All set up and ready to go! Get your heirloom tomatoes, peppers, melons at the Cochrane Area Garden Expo at the Cochrane Lions Event Center.

04/25/2026

Rainee's got tomatoes, peppers and a few melon plants FOR SALE at the Cochrane garden expo Sunday from 11-3 at the Cochrane Lions Event Center

04/10/2026

Honeybees are not the problem!
I keep having this discussion with people - here's a great and factual article about native bee and honey bee competition. (spoiler alert: it's less of a competition than you think.)

The accusations you might have heard about nonnative honey bees aren’t backed up by evidence. In fact, there are plenty of ways bees make the world a better place.