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Bees, Chickens & Birds

Norfolk County provides a unique opportunity to collaborate and connect one business to another. Being a diverse agricultural, tourism area we tap into many thriving local businesses to provide solutions, create partnerships and fill a need in each other’s businesses.

This held true when we realized in order to supply enough

fruit for cider & grape production our orchard & vineyard

would need some help from a very tiny solution. A local

apiary Hunt’s Honey has provided approximately 20 hives

within the vineyard and orchard. Benefits are full circle. A

nice steady honey supply for our winery family and all the

pollen one little bee can consume from our vineyard and

orchard. With the addition of planting wildflowers around

the property we are feeding these bees, while they take very

good care of our farm.

After expanding the vineyard to over 3 times its size in 2017

we knew an IPM (integrated pest management) system was

needed. This created an opportunity to introduce more

chickens to the property. Partnering with the ALUS

PROGRAM who have provided blue bird, brown bat and

kestrel habitats has been a great solution to pests that aren’t

always friendly to vines and apple trees.