Our bees live in a chemical free environment surrounded by white clover and wildflower meadows.
Our Farm
Our hives are located in meadows and fields consisting of white clover and native prairie wildflowers such as yarrow, crocus, willow, balsam root, golden rod, asters, chokecherry, and sasktatoon to just name a few! We never spray pesticides where our bees live.
Our bees get pollen from the prairie countryside which gives a unique wildflower quality only found in our honey.
The Levitt ranch team is a multigenerational family that have been in the bee business for over 60 years.
We all work together to bring you a honey that we have been mastering ever since our Grandpa Dale Strom started back in the meadows of Nebraska.
The Levitt Ranch
The Levitt ranch has been around for 6 generations. We take pride in our sustainable agriculture systems and the land we live on. Our bees live in a chemical free environment surrounded by white clover and wildflower meadows. This results in a honey that is sweet and consistent, just like our Grandma Kathleen. We hope you enjoy Grandma K's honey.
The BC Connection
With our demand growing across BC and Alberta, Grandma K's Honey set up shop with honey and production in the Delta, BC neighborhood.
We expanded our line to bring infused honey straight from the Lower Mainland. With our infusions, we have found ways to improve the health benefits and exciting flavours of our honey offerings from British Columbia. Improving the farm to table benefits across Western Canada is our main focus for our honey!
Meadows and fields consisting of white clover and native prairie wildflowers
The Origin of the Name
Grandma K
Kathleen Levitt was a mother of 3, grandmother of 9, and a great grandmother of 8 before she passed away in 2012. Grandma "K" (as Grandpa called her), was the backbone of the Levitt Ranch. Her home was that steadfast place on the farm that you could always get a warm cookie, a hug, and a word of happiness and comfort. Whenever you have a bite of Grandma K's honey, we hope it transports you back to a time in life that is comforting and simple.
The Origin of the Bees
Grandpa Dale Strom
The Levitt Ranch would never have bees if it wasn't for our Grandpa Dale Strom. Grandpa Strom taught the Levitt family everything they know about raising bees the right way. He made his start, raising bees in the plains of Nebraska with a multi thousand hive operation, Clover Dale Apiaries, land of milk and honey. He passed his knowledge and love for the bees to David Levitt, who is now passing it down to his sons who bring you Grandma K's honey today.
The Current Generation
Carly & Ian Levitt (above) and Erik Levitt (right)
The current generation of Levitts are taking multiple generations of knowledge and putting it into a jar that you get to share with your family today.
Together, they are raising bees in a sustainable agriculture practice that brings clean, pure honey to your table.
For Grandma K's honey, David helps run the operation, while Ian runs the business end. It wouldn't be a family business though if it also didn't have the rest of the family chipping in! Carly, who is married to Ian Levitt, is a holistic nutritionist who helps with the product development and nutrition. Then the rest of the family is always sharing and selling the family honey to whoever is interested in tasting the best honey, in our humble opinion, money can buy.
Finally, during the honey extraction time of year, all of the cousins, grand kids, great grand kids of Grandma K gather together at the Levitt ranch and help the bees get the honey into the jars. It's a great time! Maybe you can come help too one day!
