Meg the Champion Honey Packer: How Your Honey Arrives Safely (and Sustainably)
Honey lovers who order our honey online often send the best messages back back to us. This week, it was a beautiful thank you, and this is what it said: To Meg, the champion honey packer. You must have done a degree, Masters and PHD in packing! You are, without doubt, the best packer I [&helli
An Australian Beekeeper’s Bee Sting Pain Ratings: The Worst Places to Cop a Sting (and What a Bee’s Punch Says About Hive Health)
Ever wondered where the most painful place to get stung by a bee actually is? This came up for us this week when the weather was a little bleak and the bees a little feisty and we were out gathering some honey for you. Daryl Brenton is our head beekeeper here at The BeeKeeper® on […]
Australian Beeswax vs Paraffin Candles: The Safer, Natural Option for Aussie Candle Lovers and Makers
Are you someone who loves to gift people candles as a thank you or for celebrations? Or do you like burning them around your home? We do too! But recently we were given a candle and we really didn’t know what to do with it. Why? It was made from paraffin and it was scented. […]
Wax Candy in Australia: History, TikTok Trends & DIY Recipes for Natural Beeswax Lollies
Every now and then customers buy our beeswax and tell us they are using it for all sorts of extraordinary things, from lip balms to polishes, didgeridoo care to plastic wrap alternatives, and for candles of course. But until this week we’d never heard of wax candies. Australians mostly missed the
Autumn Honey use ideas & new time for port Macquarie Real food markets
It’s been a fabulous summer but already the days are shortening and the Real Food Markets in Port Macquarie will be changing hours to roll with the seasonal flow. You’ll be able to pick up your honey and refill your honey tubs from us, your local beekeepers, Tuesdays between 10am and 4pm.
upcycled beeswax candles
Handmade beeswax candles not only look great, but their natural honey aroma and the addition of no chemicals means they are a delight to breathe around too. Our beeswax is used for all sorts of things from balms to encaustic art, beeswax polish to beeswax sandwich wraps, didgeridoo mouth pieces to s
How do you feel about Australian honey?
A research survey is being run by the NSW Department of Primary Industries to get a better understanding of how honey purchasers feel about Australian honey. To take part in the honey survey, follow this link. It will only take a few minutes. The idea is to discover what motivates you to buy Austral
BUY Australian CREAMED HONEY
What is Creamed Honey and Where Can You Buy It? If you’re looking for that old-fashioned, delicious, creamed honey of your childhood, whipped till it’s the smoothest honey you’ve ever tasted – you’ve found it here at The BeeKeeper®. So tasty, smooth and creamy, with a pure nat
