Our Story

Community Supported Beekeeping

Over the last decade, native and honey bee populations have declined dramatically. Bees weave and hold our ecosystem and food systems together through pollination - our life, and the entire biosphere as we know it, depends on their well-being!

Through Shoresh's award-winning Community Supported Beekeeping program, we enable community members to give back to the bees in diverse and meaningful ways. From planting flowers to monitoring pollinator counts, from working in our apiary to participating in our annual honey harvest, each year hundreds of volunteers engage in our hands-on learning opportunities.

100% of the proceeds from Shoresh Shuk's product sales go directly to planting, growing, and maintaining our 4-acre Bee Sanctuary at Bela Farm, which provides invaluable habitat for our honey bees and native pollinators. Proceeds also support experiential programs and events that educate, inspire, and empower our community to be Shomrei Devorim, protectors of the bees.

At Shoresh, our products are the delicious result of our deep commitment to protecting our pollinators through hands-on, nature-based Jewish education and activism.

Shoresh At Bela Farm

Bela Farm is Shoresh’s rural home for sustainable, land-based Judaism.  This 100-acre farm is home to Shoresh’s apiary, Bee Sanctuary, and native reforestation efforts.

Bela Farm has been a site of human activity for 15,000 years. In the spirit of gratitude and allyship, we acknowledge that Bela Farm is situated on the traditional territory of the Wendat, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, the Anishinabek Nation, as well the Petun and the Neutral First Nations.

See Shoresh's full land acknowledgement

Bela Farm gives us the opportunity to offer deep, immersive experiences for land-based Jewish learning and living, creating for participants sustained connections with self, community, and the earth.

Our Pricing Philosophy

Shoresh’s Bela’s Bees Honey is more than just a product – it is the delicious result of our deep commitment to supporting our pollinators through hands-on education and activism.  The cost of our honey reflects not just the liquid gold inside the jar, but also the incredible investment of time, energy, and resources that go into planting diverse pollinator habitats AND facilitating meaningful educational experiences for community members around the vital role pollinators play in supporting sustainable food systems, ecosystems, and Jewish life.

100% of the proceeds from our sales go directly towards maintaining our 4-acre Bee Sanctuary so that we can take care of the bees that take care of us!

Is Bela's Bees Raw Honey Kosher?

Yes! Shoresh's Bela's Bees Raw Honey is 100% pure and unpasteurized, and therefore does not require kosher certification. AND... here is a Letter of Endorsement from our friends at the Kashruth Council of Canada:

Letter of Endorsement