Latest News — Bloodwood honey

Take a look at the colour of these three different honey harvests we recently bottled after our bees' efforts...what a stunning difference in colour...and taste!  Every honey harvest is different. It will obviously depend on the quality (and diversity of blossoms flowering within 5km of the hives, but it also depends on seasonal conditions and so many other factors. These honeys are single origin harvests, in that our bees were well positioned in forests for a major flowering event of a mostly single species of tree. These honeys are not blended in anyway which means you get to enjoy nature...

So great to be able to add a fresh harvest to our collection for you to try. Bloodwood honey, produced by our bees from the nectar of Corymbia gummifera trees has a gorgeous rich taste, but it's not overly sweet. It tastes a little like a deep caramel and some say it reminds them of the honey version of golden syrup. Our farmers market customers, when they taste it for the first time, just call it "magnificent". You can buy honey from our online store and get it delivered, but this Bloodwood harvest won't be around for long so order it...

If you love a rich, amber honey that’s velvety, smooth and full-bodied, you’ll be excited to hear that this week we’ve been harvesting some delicious Bloodwood honey. Bloodwood trees (Corymbia gummifera) grow upwards of 25 metres and we’re lucky that they grow really well in our own backyard on the Mid North Coast of NSW. We don’t get a harvest every year, but as you can see from the photos, the bees have been bringing in plenty of Bloodwood nectar this season and building plenty of comb too. Once we finish the field work, we’ll be able to start extracting...