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🎧 The Buzz About Bees: Our Beekeeper Daryl Talks Varroa, Hive Health & Local Honey on Unearthed There’s more to producing every jar of Australian Manuka honey this year than there was previously and in a recent episode of the AgriFutures podcast Unearthed: The People Changing Australian Agriculture, our beekeeper Daryl shares what it’s been like navigating the arrival of varroa mite in Australia—and what it means for the health of hives and the future of local honey, manuka and beeswax production, as well as pollination. 🟡 Listen to the 27-minute episode: Spotify Apple Podcasts YouTube 🐝 Why This Episode...

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Have you heard about wax candies? Neither had we until recently! A lot passes us by when our heads are in the hives out in the bush, but thankfully our beeswax customers who are mostly balm and candle makers, crafters, creators and artisans keep us up to date.  So yes, craftspeople make all sorts of things with our beeswax, but it’s the first time we’ve heard of it being used for what are basically sweet syrups contained in fun-shaped beeswax lollies… or candies as they say in the US. You can buy our bees' manuka beeswax and beeswax from our...

A few degrees drop in temperature and it's suddenly just a few weeks until Autumn! That's why the Real Food Markets in Port Macquarie has changed hours to 10am-4pm. If you're a local or lucky to be visiting this lovely area, you can now come down each Tuesday for your honey refills, to try our honey harvests and to buy your manuka honey direct from us, the beekeepers who harvest it.  If you can’t make Tuesdays, you can also find us monthly at Port Macquarie's The Foreshore Market, as well as buy our honey from some fabulous stockists or buy our...