Latest News — NSW beekeepers

If you'd like to buy honey including some delicious local ironbark honey, local manuka honey (from 5+ to 15+ highly medically active manuka) and beautiful pure Australian beeswax created by our bees, we'll be at the following markets in Port Macquarie NSW in April. There have been a few date changes as the wonderful organisers of The Foreshore Market unfortunately came down with covid so the normal Foreshore Market has been postponed until Saturday 16th April. You can find us in April at: Every Tuesday - Port Central Real Food Market Thu 14th April - Town Green Market Sat 16th...

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...

Here are some of the latest bee facts for you. How many beekeepers are there in NSW, Australia? Did you know that as of May 2021, there are 12,182 registered beekeepers in NSW (of which 1093 are classified as commercial beekeepers)? How many honey beehives are there in NSW, Australia? Between all these keepers - commercial and hobbyist - we care for 361,651 registered honey bee hives! Today we're soaking up lots of information at this year's NSW Apiarists' Association Conference including: How much honey is produced in Australia each year? Depending on seasonal conditions, Australia produces between 20,000-30,000 tonnes of honey...

Job Vacancy Beekeeper / Apiary Assistant Port Macquarie/Kempsey Region NSW. (LISTED APRIL 28, 2021) **If not an Australian resident, must already be in Australia with working VISA to apply** We’re a 4th generation, professional beekeeping company based near Kempsey & Port Macquarie NSW, travelling across NSW, specialising in delicious Australian honeys such as Yellowbox, Ironbark & Stringy Bark, Certified Manuka, as well as pure beeswax. And right now, we’re ready to expand our bee-loving crew! Do you have a heavy rigid truck license (or willingness & ability to get one), forklift/bobcat license or experience with bees? Are you currently living...