Maple syrup output in Eastern Canada reached a record high last season, while honey volumes on the Prairies dropped to its lowest level in several years.

The son of a beekeeper, Grant Hicks has been in the honey game for more than three decades, operating a multi-generational business that now has him overseeing 11,000 hives along with his own two sons.

An online petition urging Billy Bee Canada's largest honey packer, to stop mixing Argentine honey with the Canadian product has attracted over 60,000 signatures.