Blue Sky Honey, made in Lethbridge (Lethbridge News Now)

By Justin Goulet

Lethbridge-made honey donated to Interfaith Food Bank

Dec 19, 2019 | 11:27 AM

LETHBRIDGE, AB – The City of Lethbridge is delivering a sweet gift to a local food bank.

This past summer, the city presented a project in which beehives were set up at the Waste and Recycling Centre.

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Jars of Blue Sky Honey are now being donated to the Interfaith Food Bank.

“This year we established some colonies of bees at the Waste and Recycling Centre. So, they had quite a bit of work to do, they had to actually establish the honeycombs and everything, so their production was a little bit under what it’ll be in a typical year going forward because they had to build their home,” said Steve Rozee, the Waste and Recycling Centre’s manager.

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“Honey production across Alberta was actually down, so they had to endure some troubles and problems as they started off, but they actually did really well, and we got quite a bit of honey produced in their first year.”

Rozee said they’re donating a dozen cases of 12 jars of honey to Interfaith.

“We’re really proud that we were able to bring this new kind of exciting opportunity to the Waste and Recycling Centre to give back to the community and local neighbors and the environment, to try to support pollinators in the area,” he added.

“It’s really great that a large portion of the honey can go to a good cause.”

He said they hope to keep this project going for many years and plan to distribute some honey to the community at large at different city-run events.

Danielle McIntyre, Interfaith’s Executive Director said the City of Lethbridge is such a wonderful supporter of both Interfaith and the Lethbridge Food Bank.

“This is a unique donation, it’s something that’s new and different and of course it’s something that’s special for our families that they don’t always get, so it’s really nice for us to be able to distribute some really nice honey this year,” she said, adding the jars will go directly into their Christmas hampers.

“At Christmas time, we always like to throw in some of those extra special things, so honey is definitely something that’s going to be appreciated.”

She said it would be amazing if the bees can continue to produce copious amounts of honey, with the hope being to make Lethbridge-made honey a regular item at the food bank.