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A note about Classified Ads
Classified Ads appear for a 2-month cycle on the OBA website. In addition, if received by the deadline (below), the ad will be printed in the classified section of the Ontario Bee Journal, unless directed otherwise.
If a Classifed Ad request is received after the OBJ submission deadline, it will only appear online for that cycle. Online Classifieds garner high visibility, and can be revised or withdrawn during their cycle, should, for example the item sell or the price changes.
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| Ontario Bee Journal Issue | Deadline for Classified to Appear in OBJ |
| January/February | November 15th |
| March/April | January 15th |
| May/June | March 15th |
| July/August | May 15th |
| September/October | July 15th |
| November/December | September 15th |
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Getting out of the hobby -14 yrs of accumulation!
Equipment & Supplies
Miscellaneous
Contact:
Steve Montague
Location:
St Catharines, ON
T:
289-684-6160
Getting out of the hobby, just harvested (18) five-gallon buckets, bees still have supers on, approximately 20 to 25 hives, few nucs, Lyson heated creamer pd($4000), dadant 6/12 extractor pd($3500),maxant wax melter pd ($2000),25 cuFt Freezer ($1000), vaporizer, bee escapes, honey med supers, feeders, etc.
No reasonable offer refused
Bee truck
Equipment & Supplies
Contact:
Al Lockhart
Location:
Clarksburg, ON
T:
519-599-5434
1995 GMC 3500, diesel, as is, with flat bed, cable winch crane with bee hive/super attachment, lifts three supers, also a lift gate. As is, best offer.
Equipment for Sale
Equipment & Supplies
Contact:
Peer Nielsen
Location:
Utterson, ON
T:
705-644-3459
1. Dakota Gunness Uncapper Model 50 with stand and other accessories.
2. Stainless Steel Honeyquip electric baffle tank.
3. Stainless Steel 400L (approximately) storage tank.
4. Electric honey pump.
$1200 cash.
BUSINESS FOR SALE
Equipment & Supplies
Miscellaneous
Contact:
Bill Ferguson, Ferguson Apiaries
Location:
Hensall, ON
T:
519 236-4979
Contact Bill for more information.
Fresh Wild Blueberry Honey For Sale
Honey
Contact:
Mary or Tina Bueckert, Bueckert Apiaries
Location:
Langton, ON (southwestern Ontario)
T:
Mary 226-970-4304 or Tina 519-550-9909
Fresh wild blueberry honey for sale in barrels
ready to bottle
$3.00/pound
Honey Equipment for Sale
Equipment & Supplies
Contact:
Annette Lewis-Copeland
Location:
Eden Mills, ON
T:
519-856-9138
Idlewood Honey has closed its business, and all equipment is for sale. Hive covers, Inner lids, risers for inner lids, shallow honey supers with frame and foundation, deep supers, build your own frames and foundation, metal queen excluders, screened bottom boards, Bee Cosy’s (single and double) Bee Cosy pillows for under the lid, screened bottom boards, Quebec bee escapes, 500g glass jars and lids, dadant junior bench extractor 2 frame with stand (manual), smokers, white plastic honey pails, plastic honey bottling tanks. Everything is priced to sell. A great way to build up your hive ware inventory in a cost-effective way.
HIVE 'N HOE COUNTRY STORE
Equipment & Supplies
Location:
678 Kincardine Ave., Kincardine, ON
T:
519 396-3529 or 1 866 314-3529 (toll free)
Complete line of beekeeping equipment for sale:
- Pierco and wood frames
- wax and plastic foundation
- commercial or select finger-jointed boxes - assembled and painted, or unassembled
- protective clothing and all equipment required
Honey, filtered beeswax, and honeycomb available in bulk. Open year-round, just give us a call.
Retiring. Bee equipment for sale
Equipment & Supplies
Contact:
Andre
Location:
Warwick Township, ON
T:
519-333-8002
double nuc boxes $20
Wellington winter covers $10
Cardboard nuc box with ventilation on top.$5
Dancing bee pollen traps $60
Bee escapes $14
Plastic Q excluder $3
Dri-eaz 7000 dehumidifier $3000
Finley wax melter with screen $3000
Lids $14
60 frame Cowen extraction system with box cleaner $65000
Prices negotiable for large quantities
Downsizing
Equipment & Supplies
Miscellaneous
Contact:
James Peirce
Location:
Lindsay, ON
T:
7053248633
Up to 50 single hives and an equal # of extra deep boxes, some with frames.100-plus mediums with frames. bottoms, inner covers, outer covers, excluders. 100 2-gallon jugs of syrup and 50 10-kg boxes of fondant. 50 bee cozies, 1 200-gallon sump, Lyson 30 frame extractor after September, 50 6-frame Nuc boxes with dividers. Several boxes of new ACORN frames.
Stainless Honey Processing Equipment for sale
Equipment & Supplies
Contact:
Brian Honing
Location:
Melancthon, ON
T:
519-216-9353
- Manufacturing premium stainless equipment since 2004
- 100% Canadian-made
- honey bottling tanks (5 sizes)
- gravity clarifiers
- uncapping tanks
- wax melters
- No drip valves
- stainless tables
Proudly manufacturing Gold Line Honey Process Equipment
FOR SALE: Thriving Honey Business with Associated Equipment – Turnkey Opportunity!
Contact:
Gabriela Berger
Location:
Owen Sound/Georgian Bay
T:
519-270-4674
FOR SALE: Thriving Honey Business with Associated Equipment – Turnkey Opportunity! 
Are you dreaming of owning your own sweet business? This is your chance to step into a fully operational honey production enterprise with everything you need to get started from day one!
What’s Included:
· Established local honey brand with loyal customer base
· Active sales channels (local shops, sales from the property)
· Honey processing equipment: extractor, bottling tools & more
· Labels, jars, and packaging materials
· Branding materials (website, logo)
Why Buy?
· Profitable and sustainable business model
· Flexible schedule – work seasonally or expand year-round
· Great opportunity for aspiring entrepreneurs, young beekeepers looking to grow their operation
Currently Selling:
· 2 Fencers
· 400 Quebec Style Bee Escapes
· 700 Queen excluders
· 280 feeders rims
· 3 feeder totes
· 600 Wellington Winter Wraps (doubles)
· 135 feeder pails
· 180 Styrofoam Nuc Boxes
· 20 Pollen traps (George Overton Style)
· 1 Weed wacker
· 8 fumeboards
· 400 Inner covers
· 300 Bottom boards
· 200 lids
Reason for Selling: Owner relocating and unable to continue operations.
Don’t miss this sweet opportunity to own a buzzing business with a loyal following and everything in place to keep growing.
Located in Georgian Bay area/Owen Sound
Serious inquiries only – contact Gabriela at 5192704674 or georgianbayhoney@gmail.com
50 acre Beekeeping Farm / equipment for Sale
Miscellaneous
Contact:
Dennis Wang
Location:
Newcastle, ON
T:
647-236-6886
50-acre Beekeeping Farm/equipment for Sale – MLS #: E12027665
property includes a spacious two-storey detached home featuring 5 bedrooms and 5 bathrooms, along with two dedicated honey houses,– perfect for a fully operational beekeeping business.
Excellent location, 3 minutes to Highway 401 and Highway 115/35 – just 10 minutes east of Oshawa.
Available Equipment:----everything must go!
500 deep boxes with drawn honey supers – most with plastic foundations
• Price: $35 each, box + 10 foundations
300 escape boards in very good condition
• Price: $10 each
500 winter covers:
• 400 used – $5 each
• 100 new – $15 each
2 automatic honey pouch filling machines, capable of filling 10g to 200g pouches. $10000/each
Nassenheider honey filling machine with auto-fill sensor, and turning table
• Price: $6,000
Large quantity of honey jars and honey barrels must go.
Available Equipment:----everything must go!
500 deep boxes with drawn honey supers – most with plastic foundations
• Price: $35 each, box + 10 foundations
300 escape boards in very good condition
• Price: $10 each
500 winter covers:
• 400 used – $5 each
• 100 new – $15 each
2 automatic honey pouch filling machines, capable of filling 10g to 200g pouches. $10000/each
Nassenheider honey filling machine with auto-fill sensor, and turning table
• Price: $6,000
Large quantity of honey jars and honey barrels must go.
4 strong double hives for sale
Local Ontario Queen from 2024 August, $350 each. Available now.
Contact: Dennis @ Denniswang513@gmail.com, 647-236-6886
Contact: Dennis @ Denniswang513@gmail.com, 647-236-6886
BUCKFAST QUEENS AND NUCS BRUCE PENINSULA APIARIES- NOW TAKING 2025 RESERVATIONS
Queens, Nucs, & Bees
Contact:
Ian Brown
Location:
Wiarton, ON
T:
519-270-3198
As a member of the Ontario Bee Breeders’ Association, we supply 4 frame nucleus colonies, consistent with the Association’s standards, with 2025 open-mated Buckfast queens, from local overwintered parent stock selected for hardiness, gentleness and honey production. Nucs are available from spring to early summer. Mated 2025 queens are available through June and July. Early pre-ordering is essential to ensure your order will be filled. Singles are available in mid-June.
Honey, Ontario ORHBS Queens, Nucs, Beewax
Honey
Queens, Nucs, & Bees
Contact:
Just Call Me Honey
Location:
Mount Forest, ON
T:
519-261-0349
Just Call Me Honey, Mount Forest Ontario proudly offers:
- 100% pure, unpasteurized honey.
- Bulk honey in 5-gallon pails, or barrels. Smaller pail sizes and jars.
- Ontario ORHBS Queens and Queen cells. Member of ORHBS program and Ontario Bee Breeders Association
- 4 Frame spring nucs
- Bulk Beeswax and assorted candles
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY! COMPLETE HONEY BUSINESS FOR SALE
Miscellaneous
Contact:
Ian Brown
Location:
Owen Sound, ON
T:
519 270 3198
Currently have 170 colonies wintering as singles. Wax dipped woodware in excellent condition for running 145 double deep production hives in summer with 400 medium honey supers, complete extraction line, 54 medium frame LEGA radial extractor, Maxant 7000 Model spin float, Dakota Gunness uncapper Model 200 with 6’ moving chain table extension, Cowen 3” PC main pump, 2 honey pumps, heated 200 gal. storage tank (with hot water tank, circulating pump & plumbing), heated bottling tank, heated 36” Maxant sump. Aluminium 6.5’X14’ dual axle trailer, woodware hot wax dip tank, beeswax processing tank, complimentary equipment and supplies, hive stands, electric bear fencing for 7 yards, hives stands, , Wellington winter wraps, queen rearing gear with 35 mini mating nucs and 30 wooden 5 frame nuc boxes with medium honey supers.
To be sold complete. Serious enquiries only.
Nucs with Local Queens For Sale
Queens, Nucs, & Bees
Contact:
Willis Stoll
Location:
Alymer, ON
T:
519-773-2162
4 Frame nucs with local Queens available at the end of May or early June
$240 each, $220 for five or more
$50 deposit is required at the time of ordering
Single deep colonies will be available early June
$340 each
All bees are managed with organic treatments only
Nucs and Bees For Sale
Queens, Nucs, & Bees
Contact:
Ionel Alecu
Location:
Arnstein, ON
T:
416-819-2337
Nucs and Colonies For Sale
4 frame nucs available starting 15th of May
4 frame nucs available starting 15th of May
10 frame singles including bottom board, inner cover and telescopic lid available starting in June
20 frame doubles including bottom board, inner cover and telescopic lid available starting in June
Please contact Bees' Universe for more information.
DANCING BEE EQUIPMENT
Equipment & Supplies
Location:
5029 County Road 2, Port Hope, ON L1A 3V5
T:
905 753-2623
● Discounts for Commercial Beekeepers & Bee Clubs
● Strong Nucs, Single & Double Colonies
● Import & Local Queens
● AFB Vaccinated Queen Sales
● Bulk Sugar Syrup, Fondant, Patties & Dry Feed Mix
● 100% Canadian Made Woodenware
● Wide Variety of Beekeeping Kits
● High Quality Protective Clothing
● Beginner & Late Season Workshops
● Honey Extractors & Processing Equipment
● Beeswax & Candle Making Supplies
● Large Variety of Jars & Containers, Custom Labels
● Bulk Honey Sales
At Dancing Bee, We're Dedicated To Helping Grow Your Apiaries In A Cost Effective And Profitable Way
5029 County Road 2, Port Hope, ON L1A 3V5
Brand new warehouse & gift shop, new stock arriving daily
PAYING CASH FOR YELLOW BEESWAX AND ALL COLOURED GRADES OF HONEY
Honey
Contact:
Mike Davidson, Summer's Gold Honey
Location:
Merlin, ON
T:
226 627-6262
Paying cash for yellow beeswax! Also looking to buy Canadian honey in barrels - all coloured grades are of interest.
Also looking for Ontario Buckwheat Honey.
Please contact Mike.
BUSY BEE BEEKEEPING SUPPLIES, BEESWAX, CANDLE SUPPLIES
Equipment & Supplies
Contact:
Martin and Monika Vogel
Location:
20 County Rd. #1, Toledo, ON
T:
613 275-1112
Please visit our websites for beekeeping supplies & nucs, beeswax, silicone candle molds & candle supplies.
Please visit us at www.busybeecandlesupply.ca and www.busybeebeekeepingsupplies.com
HONEY JARS & LABELS FROM DOMINION & GRIMM
Equipment & Supplies
Contact:
Jenny
T:
1 877 676-1914
Call and ask for the packaging pdf and we would be pleased to send it off.
We have everything you need for the honey season!
And new products are always being added.
D&G is family owned for over 100+ years and still going strong.
We support the OBA and North American and especially Canadian Manufactured goods.
Do you need MONEY? I want your Ontario Honey
Equipment & Supplies
Honey
Contact:
Innisfil Creek Honey - Brian Scott
Location:
6090 10 Sideroad, Innisfil, ON L0L 1L0 (north of Toronto)
T:
705 456-5093
The Business with the LARGEST Inventory of Beekeeping Supplies North of Toronto
OXFORD HONEY & SUPPLIES
Equipment & Supplies
Contact:
John Van Blyderveen
Location:
Burgessville, ON
T:
519 550-1096
