Honey farms in
Quebec

Marie-Ève Cyr has been raising bees since 2004 and runs this honey house in the Vallée du Richelieu with Steve Martineau. They sell honey, raise queens and nucs, and run beekeeping courses.

A small Acton Vale business run by Colette Despaties. They raise and sell bees, and sell liquid and creamed honey in limited amounts.

A beekeeping business on the chemin des Pionniers Ouest at L'Islet, run by Jean Pelletier. They sell blueberry, wildflower, dandelion, buckwheat and clover honey from their shop, and take on pollination work.

A honey house in Lac-Etchemin with a bee interpretation centre, a self-serve counter, and a long list of made-on-site products: raw and creamed honey, comb honey, candy, chocolate, candles, soaps and balms.

A small Mauricie beekeeping business run by Kathleen Laurent, making honey in small batches. They sell creamed honey, comb honey, blueberry and dandelion honey, pollen, propolis, candles and beeswax, and do pollination work.

Founded in 2004 by David Marchand-Duchesneau in the Green Mountains of the Cantons de l'Est. They make honey and grow highbush blueberries without pesticides or chemical fertiliser, and there is a farm shop at Mansonville.

Beekeepers in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean raising bees bred for the Quebec climate, making raw boreal honey, and growing haskap berries for pick your own. There is a farm shop for tasting the different honeys.

A beekeeping business on the route Paquin at Hérouxville in the Mékinac, run by Denis Gauthier. They sell liquid and creamed honey.

A Roxton Falls beekeeper whose main production is raw honey, propolis and fresh frozen pollen. There is a bee interpretation centre and tastings on site, and an online shop.

A small beekeeping operation on the Anse-de-Roche road in the Saguenay, making raw honey and hive products including pollen, propolis, and royal jelly.

Founded in 1976 at Mirabel and now running more than 7,500 hives. Intermiel is known for its mead, and the visit takes in a demonstration hive, the production floor, the meadery, and a tasting.

A micro honey house in the Mauricie. Their honey is unfiltered, extracted once a year, and traced to the apiary it came from, with hives set in forest and old field sites chosen for their flowers. Delivery is $5 in Trois-Rivières and $15 elsewhere in Quebec.

A small beekeeping business on the chemin Rivière-du-Sud in Chaudière-Appalaches, run by Jacques Boulet. They sell liquid and creamed honey and bee pollen.

Sophie Roy started keeping bees in 2016 and now runs a honey house in the Beauce valley. Everything is done by hand, with up to seven kinds of unpasteurised honey plus balms, soaps, candles and candy. There is a shop on the route du Président Kennedy.

An urban honey house at Oka selling only raw seasonal honey from the village flowers. It started in 2019 as a community project, and people can come and watch the bees.

Alexandre Mainville raises queens and nucs at Saint-Constant and sells pure raw honey alongside them. They also run beekeeping training and workshops, and work with municipalities.

A family apiary near Mont-Tremblant run by Félix Lapierre and Judith Forget. The shop at Brébeuf is ten minutes from the mountain, and they also sell mead, comb honey, pollen, propolis and soaps.

An organic apiary of about thirty hives in the Canton de Cleveland, on land with 37 tree species, orchards and gardens. They sell honey, candles and propolis, and run beekeeping courses. Their own site says 2026 is a transition year as the business passes to the next generation, with the same honeys at the same shops.

A beekeeping business run by Chantale Picard on the avenue du Rocher at Normandin, in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean.

A beekeeping business on Route 201 at Coteau-du-Lac, run by Gilles Patoine. They sell honey in bulk and semi-bulk, beeswax body products, and hives and nucs.

A beekeeping business on the chemin Saint-Patrice south of Lévis, run by Antoine Labrie. They sell liquid and creamed honey and bee pollen.

A small Lévis operation on the chemin Vire Crêpes, run by Renée Lavergne. In their own words, a small business of people who love what they do. They sell liquid and creamed honey.

A small operation in the Appalaches at the centre of Quebec. Maya Boivin-Lalonde works in farm research and advising as well as beekeeping, and the business sells honey, raises queens and nucs, and runs beekeeping training.

A family business in the Témiscamingue, going more than thirty years. They sell clover and summer honey through their own online shop, along with honey candy, and take on pollination work.

A certified organic beekeeping business in the Laurentides. They sell organic honey, flavoured honey, balms, candles and soaps, raise queens and sell nucs and colonies in spring, and ship anywhere in Canada.

Bruno Lavoie started this Weedon apiary in 2023, near Lac Louise in the Cantons de l'Est. There is a shop on site, and a beekeeper-for-a-day visit from June to October for groups of up to ten, by reservation.

Two generations of a family at Beauharnois, making honey and mead on their own farm. Their meads have won hundreds of medals, and they deliver around Quebec.

A honey business on Route 141 at Coaticook, run by Jean Huppé and Lynda Hébert. They sell clover honey, honey caramel and honey jelly, take on pollination work, and welcome farm visits.

An urban honey house in Sherbrooke selling raw honey by the jar or in bulk, plus queens, nucs, and beekeeping gear. They supply restaurants and hotels around the Estrie.

A honey house on the Grand rang Sainte-Catherine at Saint-Cuthbert in the Lanaudière, run by Steve Bolduc. They sell unheated honey and pollen, sell nucs, and welcome farm visits.

A family business at Stoke in the Estrie with a bee interpretation centre, guided tours, and a gift shop called the Nectarium. They sell honey, pollen, propolis, royal jelly, beeswax candles, sweets and skincare.

Formerly Ferme apicole Levac Joubert. Julien Levac Joubert runs it with Audrey Théoret and Brigitte Levac, carrying on from neighbour Jacques Lambert and his forty years of honey production. They have two addresses, at Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu and Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil.

Steve Brisson and Andrée Coulombe have been going 25 years at Saint-Didace, wintering about 400 hives. They sell raw honey and hive products, do pollination work, and sell nucs. The honey house is open by appointment only.

A honey house at Saint-Agapit in the Lotbinière, run by Mario Leclerc. They sell summer honey and creamed honey.

A honey producer on Route 201 at Saint-Stanislas-de-Kostka since 1960, run by Joël Laberge. They offer a wide range of honeys.

A honey farm in the Hautes-Laurentides with a boutique on site, selling raw and creamed honeys along with soaps, candles, and propolis products.

A small family business at Mirabel going since 1982, run by Mario Morrissette, who also teaches beekeeping. Everything is made in small batches: honey, comb honey, candles, soaps and pollen.

A family farm on the rang Sainte-Madeleine in the Outaouais. Pierre Laliberté sells wildflower, buckwheat and milkweed honey.

A beekeeping business run by Maggie Lamothe Boudreau in the Appalaches. They sell honey, candles and soaps, raise queens and nucs, and run beekeeping training. Their Facebook page is where they post.

An organic apiary in the Gaspésie run by John Forest, with a flower and fruit garden on site. The farm shop at Maria is open Tuesday to Sunday through the summer, and there is an online shop as well.

A honey house between Drummondville and Victoriaville, bordered by mature forest and a river. The shop carries honey, flavoured honey, sweets and soaps, with tastings all year and beekeeping talks for groups and tour buses.

A beekeeping business on the 22e rue at Mirabel, run by Benoît Corbeil. They sell creamed honey, comb honey, and spring, summer and fall honeys.