Abeego
All-natural, reusable food-preserving food wrap
Plastic-free, edible and FDA-approved for food contact. Sheet Wraps are self-adhesive and size-variant. Cover anything that you might typically use plastic wrap for.
Squeeze the food wrap around your foods and bowls, store in the fridge, and uncover the next day for fresh and alive food.
100% compostable or repurposed in the garden.
Made from a formula of beeswax, tree resin, and jojoba oil, infused into a hemp and organic cotton cloth.
Founder Toni Desrosiers intentionally created the beeswax wrap to extend the life of food by mimicking nature’s peel, skin & rind while offering the convenience of single-use plastic wrap.
Bees Are Life
Ontario Honey House
Honey and Beeswax products, education, advocacy, managing urban hives and bee-friendly gardening.
Beekeepers here are dedicated to the understanding and preservation of native beehives and producing 100% Ontario Honey custom orders to celebrate special occasions.
Teaching the art and skill of beekeeping.
The honeybee is a vital resource in our ecosystem and food web. Products include 100% Ontario Honey, Body Care, Gift Baskets, Foods with Honey, Beeswax & Candles.
Bee By The Sea Natural Products
Canadian Sea Buckthorn and Honey skin care manufacturer
A skincare collection uses the key ingredients of sea buckthorn and honey for mild skin conditions and improves overall appearance and texture. A portion of proceeds goes to The University of Guelph’s Honeybee Research Centre.
Skincare is specifically formulated with Sea Buckthorn fruit, seed, and pulp oils in combination with honey & royal jelly.
Shop the Facial Cleanser, Cream, Serum & Lip balm; Body care gels, Butter, Oil, and Body wash; Hair Shampoo & Conditioner; Personal care soaps, sanitizer, deodorant; Pet shampoo, eco-friendly gifts and home accessories.
Clean and cruelty-free beauty produced and packaged in small batches in Ontario.
While travelling abroad, Andrew Wingrove discovered the healing qualities of sea buckthorn berries. As an avid beekeeper, Andrew instantly knew this superfood would be a great companion with natural honey.
The entire plant: leaves, roots & berries are packed with immune-boosting nutrients and vitamins.
Sea buckthorn contains high levels of omega 3-6-9 and 7, vitamin C, Vitamin E, beta carotene, 18 amino acids, corticoids, tocopherols and flavonoids.
Beekeeper's Naturals
Featuring signature sustainably sourced honey and therapeutic blends
Raw Wildflower Honey, Raw Raspberry Blossom, Raw Sweet Clover, Raw Blackberry Honey, Superfood Cacao Honey, B. Powered Superfood Honey, Propolis Spray, 100% raw Bee Pollen.
Remedies from sources you can trust
Fed up with drug store products that are artificial, riddled with side effects, soaked in corn syrup and colouring agents, Carly Stein combines the therapeutic nature of bee products and quality plant extracts to offer clean, potent, affordable remedies; free of the additives, refined sugars, and side effects.
Bees may be tiny but they are mighty. Around 80% of the world's flowering plant species rely on insect pollination.
Royal Jelly, Raw Honey, Bee Pollen, and Propolis remedies are sold separately or available in travel kits, family packs, and active essential combos.
Bee Local 416
Sustainable Urban Beekeeping and Honey Farm in Toronto
You can sponsor a city hive - Bee Local 416 finds a Toronto neighbourhood honeybee host & you receive honey produced from the hive and more.
If you want to learn about caring for your own apiary, they also provide expert advice and hands-on experience tailored to your own beekeeping needs.
Incredible people host the hives all across the city.
They produce Beeswax, Pillar Candles, Lip Balm, Comb Honey, Raw Propolis, Pure Oatmeal & Honey Soap; and Small Batch Neighbourhood Honey.
Honeybee hives are kept in backyards and on rooftops in Toronto.
Joseph Curry grew up on a farm and learnt honeybee biology, behaviour, and what it meant to take care of the bees from beekeeper, David Kane. He launched into urban beekeeping in 2016. The Honeybee hives are cared for by urban Registered Beekeepers using sustainable organic methods.
Belicious Products Inc.
Pure, Raw Honey
Three generations of beekeeping experience and honey production.
Extracted from their apiaries in Stouffville, this organic honey is packed with nutrients, antioxidants, and enzymes, and has antiviral and antibacterial properties.
The collection includes Artisan Spreads, Body Care, Candles & Wax, Honey Products, Maple Syrup, Gift Sets and Party Favours.
Find specialties like Buckwheat, Wildflower, Clover, Comb, frozen & cold extracted Iced Honey, Bee Pollen and flavours such as blueberry, citrus, cinnamon and cocoa.
Pure unpasteurized Canada No.1 Golden Wildflower Honey.
Body care products include scented Body Balm, Deodorant, Bath Bombs, Soaps, English Lavender Epsom Salts and Lip Balm.
Important note about Honey: Babies younger than 1-year-old should not be given honey. That's because a type of bacteria (Clostridium) that causes infant botulism can be found in honey. Infant botulism can cause muscle weakness, with signs like poor sucking, a weak cry, constipation, and decreased muscle tone (floppiness).
Please email errors or omissions to the editor. This newsletter is for information purposes only. This is not a paid promotion. All products featured are independently selected by our contributors. BIRCHLIFE is the go-to destination for discovering neighbourhood connections and great Canadian brands. Top photo: Beekeeper's Naturals.