Master Beekeeper, Sheldon Hill, has been working with honeybees for over 30 years. What started as a summer job in Porcupine Plain, Saskatchewan, turned into an interest in learning about bees. Now, a local producer and co-owner of Sweet Pure Honey, Hill is working with Medicine Hat College’s (MHC) Centre for Innovation (C4i) to advance the way beekeepers approach their work.
Through his research, Hill is already discovering significant results that may have profound impacts on the commercial honeybee industry. “I’m seeing my hive getting to a higher population and producing more honey, and this seemed to give me those answers,” says Hill.
“We saw 40% more brood before honey flow and over 70% greater production during honey flow. Those are significant, significant amounts.”