All Hail Australian 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 blos
Creamed Honey is back
Do you remember having creamed honey on toast and creamed honey sandwiches as a kid? What a luxury and a treat! We remember the taste too, and we’ve missed it, that’s why we’ve been bee-sy whipping some of our most delicious honey into a delightful creamy, delicious spread. The pro
Australian Beeswax for Encaustic Art – Works by Marijke Greenway
We know a lot of the beeswax we produce at The Beekeeper® is used in skincare balms, polishes, candles and beeswax food wraps, but this week we also learned that Pearl Beach-based artist Marijke Greenway is now using our beautiful beeswax in her art too. The use of hot beeswax as a painting techniq
Beware imported beeswax, make sure your beeswax is Australian. Why? Read on…
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 ‘
Local honey stockists
A big shout out and thumbs to all the wonderful local retailers who stock our honey . Thank you. You can see an updated list for current stockists of The Beekeeper® range by clicking on this link. In addition to the Port Central Market (Tuesdays) and the Foreshore Market, you can find our honey a
Natural skincare based on beeswax is bee-autiful
Mountain Lotus have been a long-time supporter of our bees and us at The BeeKeeper® 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 th
Look at this fresh harvest of Manuka beeswax from local lepstospermum plants
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 c
What to do when there’s a bee swarm in your garden or near your house
It’s spring time which means bees often swarm. They do this for a few reasons including because they’ve run out of room in their hive, their hive isn’t doing well, or it’s a bumper season and the conditions are great for them to set up a new home and colony. If a bee swarm la
