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25.01.2022 Finally it's time for some spring honey! For those that have been patiently waiting for our honey to be back in stock, the time has come. I will be delivering fresh spring honey to our stockists Thursday morning. Honey is a seasonal product, with bees in this area not generally making excess honey over winter. Real honey is worth the wait!

24.01.2022 Come and join us in February for a beekeeping class in beautiful Wombarra! The site is amazing, with ocean and escarpment views abounding. We will be going over all the essentials for properly keeping your own bees. From the different hives styles to managing swarming and disease, managing space and glorious honey. There will be a lovely morning tea and lunch provided, along with some take home notes. https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/beekeeping-essentials-ticke

22.01.2022 Is this the year you become a beekeeper? Join us for our in depth class to learn all you need to keep your own hive. Limited to only 10 places, we'll be learning fascinating bee facts and getting the hands on experience you need to feel confident in a hive. With a lunch of wood fired pizza and plenty of honey tasting. Book tickets here: https://www.trybooking.com/BKPUQ

21.01.2022 Claire has been featured in the Together Apart project! Bees have really suffered with so many children home all the time!

21.01.2022 Queen spotting time. Who can find this lovely lady?

18.01.2022 Happy world bee day! Trophallaxis (food sharing) is when two worker bees share the crop content (a mix of nectar and other substances) in their honey stomachs, which results in an exchange of vital information about each other & the colony. A begging bee pushes its proboscis (tongue) towards the mouth of another bee. The other bee then opens its mandibles, pushes its tongue forward and regurgitates a tiny drop of nectar from its crop, which the begging bee takes. This contin...ues with adult workers throughout the colony & will contain the same mix of nectar and other substances at the same concentrations. This method of food exchange is very, very quick. Studies found that coloured nectar fed to just a few workers was spread to more than half the workers in the colony within just 24 hours. Imagine that, when we can be looking at 35- 40,000 bees. What’s the point of trophallaxis? Well, it gives each bee the ‘common colony stomach’, so that they all have an identical smell. This how bees from the same colony recognise each other; for example, guard bees can recognise returning foragers as members of their colony & quickly move aside to allow them entry to the hive instead of attacking them. It also ensures that they can all share a continuing appreciation and understanding of the quality of incoming nectar and pollen sources coming into the hive, almost like a very good waiter/ waitress being able to advise on every aspect of each dish available from the menu.. Food sharing can also happen during the waggle dance when the dancer gives a taste of nectar to another bee to show how good it is & excite the others to ensure they go quickly to collect it. Credit to ( DWFBA) The kingdom of Fife, Scotland

17.01.2022 We've got 4 of these one year old poly Paradise hives to sell, complete with strong productive bee families. These 3 box hives come with ventilated base, queen excluder and beetle traps, and already contain a decent amount of honey. $550 each. Reason for selling is that Andrea is moving away.

17.01.2022 I love bees in slow motion! They are just so clumsy.

16.01.2022 Venom as cancer treatment! There's no end to the wonder of bees!

16.01.2022 We have a few lovely nucleus colonies available now. $250 gets you a beautiful little 5 frame colony, bursting to expand into your hive. These are genetics we have worked with for a couple years, and that are beautiful. Fresh young queens.

12.01.2022 Saturday ended up being a beautiful day for a Beekeeping class at the wonderful Green Connect farm.

12.01.2022 Eucalpyts are in flower! Join us for a Honey Harvest Workshop, when we visit the bees, harvest honey, and taste honey straight from the hive. Suitable for new beekeepers and those interested in the process. Each participant takes home a jar of freshly harvested honey. Not suitable for kids or those with bee sting allergies. https://www.trybooking.com/BKPUJ

11.01.2022 This was the most lovely relaxing swarm to catch. They had fallen out of their bush and were on the ground. I had a quick look, found the queen and popped her into the the box. After that it was just a matter of chilling on the grass watching all the bees march into the box after their lady. Thanks to Robert huisman for the photos and the bee spotting!

10.01.2022 Yum! When bees have finished dehydrating nectar they have gathered from flowers to around 18% water, so that it is shelf stable, they add a wax capping over the honey. This capping is non-breathable so that the honey, which is hygroscopic, won't reabsorb any moisture. When we are extracting our honey we have to remove this capping and then spin the frame in a centrifuge. This allows us to keep our honey totally raw, maintaining the natural enzymes and trace pollen.

07.01.2022 Unfortunately we need to postpone our class tomorrow for next weekend, due to this beautiful rain. Luckily through there a couple tickets available for this yummy afternoon.

04.01.2022 Due to cancellations, tickets are available for our small group Honey Harvest workshop tomorrow. Suitable for new beekeepers and honey lovers, we'll get suited up and visit a hive and get a hands on honey harvest experience, with afternoon tea and a chat about what makes honey so great! This three hour experience is in Austinmer from 1pm. Book here: https://www.trybooking.com/BKPUJ

03.01.2022 It's swarm season! Swarms are a great way to pick yourself up some free bees. If you see a swarm call on a local Beekeeper and they will happily come collect them. Swarms are generally have tummies full of honey and super placid.

03.01.2022 Andrea is our local Austinmer Beekeeper r and the founder of Make-Do Library of Things. She learnt her beekeeping skills while working in Tuscany, Italy and now... offers backyard beekeeping course, mentoring, bee rescue and, a range of liquid gold products including glorious honey! Eating locally produced honey can be a remedy for settling allergies. Honey has many healing properties. It is a potent prebiotic, meaning it nourishes the good bacteria that live in the intestine, which are crucial not only for digestion but overall health. Local honey equals more bees pollinating our local area. You can purchase honey from Austinmer Beekeeper from our online store. If your interested in keeping your own backyard beehive, Andrea currently offers mentoring and hives for sale.