Latest News — Australian manuka honey

There has been some absolutely wild weather on the Mid North Coast of NSW over the last few seasons, from drought to bushfire to floods - and most recently - some hail thrown in for good measure! These pictures were taken while our bees were enjoying dining on some Coastal Blackbutt blossoms on the NSW coast - well, they were enjoying the nectar and pollen before they had to fly home fast to escape the little balls of ice. Our beekeepers had to make some fast moves too to avoid being pelted! When you see in our online honey shop...

So much about beekeeping and honey production is reliant on history...the history of the soil, the history of rainfall, the history of bushfires, and how the people on the land have cared for their patch of earth over time. Each event or non-event in Australia impacts on the flowering of plant species, and the amount, quality and taste of the honey we eventually enjoy. Honey bees weren't even introduced to Australia until 1822. So before that - and for an extraordinarily long period of time - there was a history on this continent created by the 2000+ species of Australian...

There's nothing like the scent of warm beeswax and we've been surrounded by it today as we collected and lightly filtered the beeswax from our latest harvest of Manuka (also known in Australia as leptospermum and/or jellybush beeswax). This picture shows the Manuka beeswax as it slowly cools back to room temperature in 10kg molds. Manuka beeswax is not as yellow as other beeswax harvests and when it hardens has a colour that is more pale olive than bright yellow. We keep our Manuka wax separate from the other beeswax harvests as it's a limited and specialty natural product that...

Ho! Ho! Ho! Honey! If you're in Port Macquarie these summer holidays, you're in luck! We will have our delicious honey harvests, certified Manuka honey (from the medically-active leptospermum species that are local to the Mid North Coast of NSW), beeswax wraps, beeswax, honeycomb and honey refills available (weather permitting) at: The Town Square Holiday Markets, Port Macquarie . Port Central Real Food Markets (weather permitting), Tuesdays outside The Glasshouse. Have a taste from our different harvests to find your favourite honey. Will it be Yellow Box? Ironbark? Bloodwood? Stringy Bark? Or something else? Have a wonderful December everyone from all of...