Paskapoo Honey

Hi, Calgary!

About us

Paskapoo Honey is a small family owned apiary located in Calgary's Paskapoo Slopes. We produce top-quality, small-batch, local, raw, unpasteurized, liquid & soft-set honey that is never mechanically filtered, meaning it contains healthy live enzymes and traces of local pollen.

Soft-set Honey?

Soft-set is like the silky, sophisticated cousin of regular honey. It’s made by controlling the crystallization process to create a smooth, spreadable texture - no more hard, gritty chunks that make your toast feel like sandpaper. But the benefits don’t stop at its dreamy consistency! Here’s why soft-set is a step above the rest:

Luxuriously Smooth Texture

Unlike traditional honey, which will crystallize and become solid over time, soft-set honey is churned in a very specific way in a special machine for up to a month (really!) using 'seed' creamed honey to establish the smaller crystal structure. It spreads like butter, making it the ideal partner for toast, bagels, biscuits, and measuring spoons for baking.

Zero Drip, Zero Mess

Tired of honey that dribbles, drips, and leaves a sticky crime scene in your kitchen? soft-set honey stays put. It’s neat, tidy, and perfectly portable for on-the-go sweetness.

Same Nutritional Goodness

Don’t let the fancy name fool you - soft-set honey retains all the enzymes, vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants of regular raw honey. You’re still getting that healthy boost in a smoother, more delightful form.

Extended Shelf Stability

The controlled crystallization process of soft-set honey prevents large, gritty crystals from forming over time, so it stays smooth and creamy for longer. That means no reheating or waiting around for your honey to de-crystallize.

More Versatile in the Kitchen

Its thick, velvety texture makes soft-set honey perfect not only as a spread but also as an ingredient in frostings, marinades, and desserts. It’s easier to measure, blend, and control, compared to the rock-hardness of crystalized honey.

Soft-set is proof that you can have it all-natural goodness and modern convenience.

Liquid Honey

Liquid honey is 'standard' honey: It starts as liquid and eventually crystalizes into solid honey. The crystallization process happens at different speeds based on the kinds of flowers that the bees were forraging on, meaning some honey will solidify within days of bottlings, and others will take months.

Want to buy some honey?

We sell liquid honey in 1 Kg (2.2 Lbs) containers for $25.
We sell soft-set honey in 1 Kg (2.2 Lbs) containers for $30.
We sell liquid honey in 3 Kg (6.6 Lbs) containers for $65.
We sell soft-set honey in 3 Kg (6.6 Lbs) containers for $75.
We offer discounts on large orders

Contact David for more details

Tips & facts about honey & bees

• Honey should never be microwaved as this kills the healthy enzymes contained within the honey.
• Honey does not go bad, and does not need to be refrigerated. Refrigerating our honey will make it harder, counteracting the benefits of it being soft-set.
• Honey stores ~3.5 kWh of metabolic energy per kg.
• Each hexagonal honeycomb cell can serve as either a storehouse for nectar/honey or pollen, or a nest for larvae.
• It takes the entire lives of 36 honeybees to produce one tablespoon of honey.
• it takes nectar sourced from about 2 million flowers to make just one pound of honey.
• Honey bees have five eyes and six legs, and can fly at a speed of 24 km/h.
• That buzzing sound you hear when a honeybee comes near? That’s the sound of its wings beating up to 240 times per second!
• Depending on the time of year, one hive can contain up to 80,000 individuals – mostly female workers/foragers, a few hundred male drones, and one queen.
• Over winter there are no drones in the colony. In spring, the queen will lay specific eggs that hatch into male bees for that summer
• Female worker bees live for only 6 weeks, male drones live up to 8 weeks, and the queen can live for several years.
• One bee produces about 0.00011 horsepower.
• A bee colony uses honey through winter just to keep warm, equivalent to a 100-watt heater running 24/7.