Planet Bee Honey Farm & Honeymoon Meadery

Planet Bee is an operating bee farm in the picturesque Okanagan Valley of British Columbia Canada with a focus on presenting for learning the "world of the honeybee," and providing a full range of the finest bee products available for your pleasure and well-being.

Visit Planet Bee and see live honeybees busily working behind glass in demonstration bee hives producing their numerous nutritional products which can enhance our well being. Book an educational tour of the screened outdoor observatory apiary and learn more about these marvelous insects and their intriguing social structure that has survived for millions of years.

Did you know that honeybees are the only insects that produce food for humans and are one of the most beneficial insects in the world? Not only do they give us honey, pollen, propolis, royal jelly and beeswax but they pollinate the flowers they visit and are responsible for the production of billions of dollars worth of fruit and vegetable crops.

Browse and shop at your leisure in the sweetness of the country store as you experience a sample of some of the delicious products of the honeybee hive and choose from the wide selection of various local and international floral sources of honey and pollen. Ask about the astounding health benefits of these and other treasures of the hive that have been renowned since ancient times as some of the most beneficial natural health products on the planet.

Did you Know:
1. A queen bee can lay up to 2,000 eggs per day. This is equivalent to three times her own body weight.
2. Honeybees are the only insects which produce food for humans.
3. Honeybees are one of the most beneficial insects in the world.
4. Bee Pollen is one of the most nutritionally complete foods on earth, containing all of the essential amino acids and enzymes required for life.
5. Planet Bee has the largest outdoor honeybee observatory in Western Canada. Observers are totally protected from contact with bees.
6. At Planet Bee you can safely observe over 10,000 honeybees busily working behind glass producing their numerous nutritional products which can enhance our well being.
7. A worker bee can produce up to one teaspoon of honey in her six week life span and may travel up to 15,000 km to collect it.
8. There are as many different types of honey as there are flowering species of plants.
9. Planet Bee is a great place to bring guests and families of all ages to learn about bees and their marvelous treasures of the hive?
10. Honey has been revered through the ages and around the world for its healing properties.