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 […]
Brush Up on the Flavour of Australian Brush Box Honey, It’s Back!
Brush Box honey is our latest 2026 harvest and it’s now available at the markets and online in 1kg tubs. For most of our customers, this will be the first time you’ve ever seen it from us; we haven’t had it for years. That’s just how Brush Box works. It doesn’t flower r
What Does “Honey Direct from the Beekeeper” Really Mean?
You’ll see the phrase “honey direct from the beekeeper” used a lot these days, but what does it actually mean? And more importantly, why should you care? We’re beekeepers, so we’re a little biased. But we also think it’s worth explaining properly, because not all honey is created, or han
We’re Keeping a Lid on Brush Box (But Not for Much Longer…)
If you’ve been enjoying our honey over the years, you’ll know that some of our honey harvests are rare in the sense that nature doesn’t deliver on tap every year. Brush Box honey is one of those honeys! But after a good few years without it, we’re genuinely excited to say: this h
Broad-Leaved Tea Tree: The Unknown Hero of our Honey Year
Have you heard about Belbowrie? This photo was taken on a recent beekeeping trip by our beekeeper Daryl, and it shows one of those Australian plants that doesn’t get a lot of fanfare – but absolutely deserves it. The broad-leaved tea tree. If you live on the Mid North Coast of NSW, you’ll
Buy honey from local retailers
A Big Thank You to Our Honey Sellers (and a Welcome to a New One at South West Rocks!) We get it, not everyone can make it to the markets we go to to buy honey from us direct.And not everyone wants to order honey online as it does cost more (though if you do, […]
how varroa mite is affecting australian beekeepers & why we thank you for your support
🎧 Daryl Talks Bees, Varroa & Hive Health on AgriFutures’ Unearthed Podcast Our bees are under pressure thanks to Varroa mite, but we in the beekeeping community are adapting, learning, and doing everything we can to help protect them so we can all continue to benefit from thei
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
