Bees will fly up to 3 miles from the hive so it is difficult to keep them from comming in contact with some pesticides when they are places around cultivated areas. We try to place our hives on farms and Ranches that use older farming and ranching practices as apposed to “modern agriculture”.

Since we are migratory, that is we haul the bees south for the winter, the bees are placed in the southern desert of New Mexico where there is absolutely no agriculture. All of our spring honey and desert (tamarisk), and wildflower honeys are completely pesticide free.

I get a lot of questions about our honey – and most of them require the expertise of our beekeeper, Brent. To help answer all of your questions, we’ve set up a new page, called “Ask the Beekeeper” where you can easily send Brent a direct question.

This year Grampa’s Gourmet will be making it’s Denver debut by participating in Colorado Fresh Markets farmer’s market at City Park Esplanade (which is next to East High School and across the street from the Tattered Cover Bookstore).

CITY PARK ESPLANADE FRESH MARKET
Sundays, May 16 – Oct 31, 9 am – 1 pm,
E. Colfax Ave. & Columbine St.
(Map)

Come by and visit us at the booth!

I’ve been working pretty hard over the last few days getting this website set up. Today, I finally wrote down what is perhaps the most important part of this whole website – the page which explains Grampa’s Story.

Coming soon are pages about Brent Edelen (the current beekeeper), your truly (internet geek/local honey enthusiast) and of course the honey.

We’re also working on creating an online store, so look out for that as well.