Producers
Alberta Honey Producers Co-operative (AHPC)
beekeeper-owned honey producers' co-operative · honey processor and packer through the Bee Maid Honey enterprise
Spruce Grove, Alberta, Canada
Alberta Honey Producers Co-operative Limited
Alberta Honey Producers Co-operative (AHPC) is a Canadian beekeeper-owned co-operative incorporated in 1940. It is one of two co-operatives that own and operate Bee Maid Honey, alongside Manitoba Cooperative Honey Producers. AHPC is associated with Bee Maid’s packing operation in Spruce Grove, Alberta. Bee Maid honey comes from member beekeepers across Western Canada, so its provenance extends beyond Alberta.
About the Producer
A little history
AHPC was incorporated in 1940. After acquiring its first packing plant, it initially marketed honey under the Alta Sweet brand. In the 1960s, it joined the Bee Maid Honey Limited family. Bee Maid says the legacy brand replaced Alta Sweet in the 1970s. AHPC moved from Edmonton to a new plant in Spruce Grove in the 1990s.
How They Work
Beekeeping in practice
AHPC is a beekeeper co-operative and co-owner of Bee Maid Honey Limited with Manitoba Cooperative Honey Producers. Bee Maid describes the combined membership as more than 300 beekeepers across Western Canada. Members harvest honey and deliver it to Bee Maid packing facilities in Spruce Grove, Alberta, and Winnipeg, Manitoba. Bee Maid also supplies retail, food-service, manufacturing, and private-label customers.
Spruce Grove, Alberta, Canada
Alberta's agricultural-processing directory places Bee Maid Honey Limited and its parent, Alberta Honey Producers Co-operative Limited, in Spruce Grove.
Western Canada
Bee Maid states that every drop of BeeMaid Honey comes exclusively from the hives of its beekeeper members in Western Canada. This is a collective Bee Maid sourcing geography, rather than proof that each product was harvested in Alberta or by an AHPC member.
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Bee Maid states that member honey is transported to packing facilities in Winnipeg and Spruce Grove. Winnipeg is an enterprise packing location, not AHPC's Alberta producer base or a honey-harvest claim.
Canada
Bee Maid states that its products are sold through grocery stores and retailers across Canada.
Products & Specimens
What connects to this producer
Products listed by the Producer are kept separate from specimens held in the Collection.
BeeMaid Creamed Honey 1kg
Floral source: Multifloral
Documented origin: Western Canada, Canada. The product page identifies this as 100% pure Canadian honey; Bee Maid states that every drop of its honey comes from member hives in Western Canada. This does not establish a particular AHPC member, apiary, or Alberta harvest location for a given jar.
Origin detail: Region
Official product page describes a white, multifloral, unpasteurized creamed honey and calls it 100% pure Canadian; company FAQ gives the BeeMaid-wide Western Canadian member-hive sourcing claim.
BeeMaid Premium Raw Honey 500g
Floral source: Multifloral
Documented origin: Western Canada, Canada at BeeMaid brand level; no product-specific apiary, locality, or provincial origin was found.
Origin detail: Region
Official product page identifies the honey as white, multifloral, and raw. Bee Maid's sourcing FAQ says every drop comes from dedicated beekeeper members in Western Canada.
BeeMaid Premium Clover Honey 500g
Floral source: Red and white clover; sold as monofloral white honey
Documented origin: Western Canada, Canada at BeeMaid brand level; no product-specific apiary, locality, or provincial origin was found.
Origin detail: Region
Bee Maid's product catalogue describes this as a monofloral clover honey with notes sourced from red and white clover. Bee Maid's sourcing FAQ describes member-hive sourcing across Western Canada.
BeeMaid Bold & Rich Amber Honey 500g
Floral source: Multifloral; Bee Maid names late-summer sources including sunflowers and buckwheat
Documented origin: Canadian prairies / Western Canada, Canada; no narrower harvest location or attribution to AHPC alone was found.
Origin detail: Region
The official catalogue identifies the product as multifloral amber honey and says it is harvested in late summer from floral sources such as sunflowers and buckwheat, capturing the Canadian prairies. Bee Maid's sourcing FAQ gives the broader Western Canada member-hive provenance.
Practices
How they work
- Bee Maid states that it sources honey only from its co-operative's local beekeeper members and tests incoming honey upon arrival and again during packing.
- Bee Maid says its honey is traceable from hive to home and that its food-safety programs are HACCP-based and certified by SQF and CFIA; it also states that its products are True Source Certified.
- For its creamed honey, Bee Maid says it mixes liquid honey with a small amount of existing creamed 'seed honey,' then churns and cools the mixture; it says no cream or additional ingredients are added.
- Bee Maid says its products and private-label work use locally harvested honey, while its retail, food-service, manufacturing, and private-label channels extend beyond the BeeMaid-branded jars.