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Great to announce our very own beekeeper, Daryl Brenton of The Beekeeper’s Honey, is one of six NSW-based beekeepers accepted into a first of its kind action research project for the beekeeping industry aimed at supporting the productivity and sustainability of beekeepers as they adapt in the face of climate change. “It’s come at the right time,” said Brenton, “We’d just come through the fires and now we’ve had these major floods so I’m excited about the potential of collaborating with other beekeepers. The beekeeping industry is generally quite fragmented as it’s unique to location and business structure, so it’ll be...

Tips for what to do for your backyard honey bees in a flood & during torrential weather Here are some tips from Daryl Brenton from The Beekeeper’s Honey based on the Mid North Coast of NSW. Daryl is a professional beekeeper and understands many suburban bee-lovers and small farmers may be facing a flood and torrential weather threat for the first time as beekeepers. Here are some ideas to think about to keep your bees safe and well.   Tip your hives slightly forward Slightly tilt your hive so moisture inside can run out. It’s important not to let water...

We always love to hear how people use our beeswax. Some use it for beeswax wraps, others for face and moisturising balms, others for candles and furniture polish, but this is the first time we know of that we’ve had a request for beeswax for copper art! Anyone from the 1960’s might remember the popularity of copper art, and like many retro things it’s making a niche comeback. The art of repousse or embossing copper is all but a lost art form, but people like Tom Hughes from Celtic Copper Craft are bringing it back. Tom describes his art as...

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...