Latest News — Where to buy beeswax

So fulfilling to see our pure beeswax being used by artisans around Australia to craft and create beautiful beeswax products.  Annika Gollasch of Lillebo Creations is a recycler and upcycler who uses our beeswax to produce stunning recycled wine bottle candles. She even uses the wine bottle lids to make little tealights! At The Beekeeper® our bees produce beautiful wax from a variety of floral sources, and then we humans gently filter it before pouring it in to moulds to set. Beeswax is the most beautiful, natural product, and has it all over soy, palm and synthetic paraffin. The beautiful scent of beeswax alone is...

PICTURE: Our latest harvest of pure Australian beeswax poured into 10kg moulds and cooling down. It's not a great state of affairs when a product that may not even be beeswax, formulated in China, can arrive in Australia and be packaged and sold with an Australian flag on it and called 'Beeswax'. Sounds crazy right? But that's exactly what's happening. The latest Australian Honey Bee Industry Council (AHBIC) newsletter discusses the fact that Australian beekeepers have been asking the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to stop these imports of adulterated or contaminated beeswax into Australia, or at least to set...

Mountain Lotus have been a long-time supporter of our bees and us and it was wonderful to receive a sample of their gorgeous skin care products which have as their base, beeswax from our bees. Beeswax is a fantastic natural product and so much better for you and the environment than petroleum-based skincare. These beeswax balms look, feel and smell amazing. Thanks Lyn and team! Each beeswax harvest our bees bring in is slightly different in colour and aroma, from the olive colour of Manuka wax from leptospermum plants to the yellow of yellowbox and the orange-yellow when our bees...

Did you know that beeswax from our Mid North Coast-based bees is used exclusively in the production of Australian-made Apiwraps? So cool! Beeswax food wraps are a great alternative to plastic cling wrap. You can use them to wrap sandwiches, cheese, bread, half-eaten fruit and to cover bowls and platters of food with no plastic waste. We now have these beeswax wraps (made with organic cotton) available in our online store and will also have them at the Port Central Markets on Tuesdays and The Foreshore Market. Might make a lovely gift for yourself or for someone you care about....