A Taste of Beekeeping in Toronto

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1-3pm: Talk & Honey Tasting

3pm-5pm: Open-Ended Q&A and invitation to explore Toronto Gone Wild exhibition.

A beekeeper for 9 years, currently manages 4 apiaries from Muskoka to Toronto and serves on the organizing committee for the Urban Toronto Beekeeper’s Association.

In 2021 Michelle broke new ground by designing and building a mobile honey extraction trailer to serve small to medium scale beekeepers who have neither the time nor the resources. As a professional chef, Michelle also runs tutored varietal honey tastings and cooking lessons using honey as the main ingredient.

We offer experiences that tell the histories of Toronto. Enjoy our programming in our downtown exhibition space, throughout the city, and online.

Museum of Toronto is Getting Toronto, Together. We are made possible with the generous support of Diane Blake and Stephen Smith.

The is practicing sustainable beekeeping, through education and mentorship to urban beekeepers located in the greater Toronto region.

Their members include people interested in becoming beekeepers and those who have been beekeepers for a decade or more; beekeepers with just one or two backyard hives in the city and a few who are commercial beekeepers who manage dozens of hives; beekeepers who live in the city but have apiaries in rural areas and more.

is our latest exhibition.

Toronto Gone Wild explores the city as a multi-layered habitat — starring the animals, plants, and insects that call Toronto home.

You will venture through different Torontonian terrains from city streets to burrows, hives, and nests, all seamlessly woven together in our downtown exhibition space.

See for yourself just how much we share with our animal neighbours in the struggle for food, housing, and community. You may have more in common with that white squirrel at Trinity Bellwoods than you think.

From vast fields to downtown jungles, the life of a modern honeybee can be exceptionally fascinating and unexpected.

Join Michelle Wolfson from Urban Toronto Beekeepers' Association for a buzzworthy introduction the city's honeybee scene.

Explore the sweet and savoury factors faced by urban beekeepers and their bees, and dive into a tasting party where you'll unlock different flavours of honey. It’s a sweet treat with a hint of bee drama.

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