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Struan Road Apiaries is located just 30 minutes North West of Saskatoon, 11 kilometers off of highway 16. Contact us by email, sales@struanroad.com, text or phone at 306-280-9726, or use our contact form.

Have a question about bees or beekeeping in Saskatchewan, or a Struan Road product? Try out our Question and Answer pages.

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Pages of Interest.

Grandson with Equipment

See our “What Do I Need” page to understand basic beekeeping equipment.

Use our Equipment Calculator to find out what equipment you need for your bees.

Once you have your nuc, build it into a hive.

Did You Know

An ancient cave painting depicting a human figure removing honey from a hive was discovered in Valencia, Spain that could date as far back as 15,000 years ago.

ancient cave painting from Valencia, Spain
Coin with the symbol of a bee.

One of the world’s first coins had the symbol of a honey bee.

Honey Bees at the hive.

On average, a honey bee produces 1/12 of a teaspoon of honey over the course of its less than 40 day lifetime.

Two tablespoons of honey would be enough to fuel a bee’s entire flight around the world.

Two tablespoons of honey would be enough to fuel a bee’s entire flight around the world.

Honey bee Detail of a wall painting from the Tomb of Seti I.

Honey was found in the tombs in Egypt and it was still edible! Bees have been here around 30 million years.

Bear Damage

Other than Winnie the Pooh, most bears prefer to eat the baby bee larvae more so than the honey.

About Us

Our first four bee hives.

Robert holds a bachelor degree in science from the University of Saskatchewan. He began working with bees as a teenager and is happy to have returned to beekeeping once again.

Treva’s wide range of experience is a great asset whether its her years as an OR assistant or her famous organizational skills.

Our latest adventure in beekeeping began in 2013 with four hives. We soon decided to go into the business full time.

We are members of the Saskatchewan Beekeepers Development Commission.

Our History

Struan Road Apiaries is a husband and wife beekeeping operation based near Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. We currently run between 300-400 bee hives. Most of our hives are managed as honey producers, but we raise nucleus colonies and single story hives as well. We raise our own queens from our best hives yearly. We make 4 frame nucs with high quality imported breed queens to sell in the spring. We also sell honey and beeswax.

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