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Bombinate Bee Company

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24.01.2022 We had a perfect set of grafts for this round of queen cells with 30/30 taken. Aren’t they bee-utiful? @bombinatebee #bombinatebee

24.01.2022 We are really happy with how our new season queens are looking. They have great brood patterns, beautiful colour and good natured hives. @bombinatebee #bombinatebee

24.01.2022 I’m starting to think I’m in the wrong business. Maybe we should go into breeding frogs rather than bees. @bombinatebee #bombinatefrogs #bombinatebees.

21.01.2022 It must be a special day in the hives today. It appears all the potential dads are having breakfast in bed. I say potential because once male bees or drones mate they die. Glad I’m not a dad bee. Happy Father’s Day fellas!

21.01.2022 Building half length, full depth frames to experiment with our queen breeding mating nucs this season. Thanks Burnett Beekeeping Supplies for the custom made frames. @bombinatebee #bombinatebee

21.01.2022 Spot the queen and leave a in the comments. This is one we bred last season and she’s marked with a green dot. Keep swiping across and check out her lovely brood! @bombinatebee #bombinatebee

20.01.2022 How do you like your honey? Creamed, granulated, running, light or dark coloured, or even refrigerated so it’s so thick you can stand a knife up in it. I personally like the foamy honey that gets skimmed off the top of the drum when it’s getting bottled. We skim the top of the honey so that the top surface of the honey is clear when it’s put in the bottle. This resulting honey contains micro bubbles and has a texture of soft marshmallow that melts in your mouth, while still tasting exactly like honey. @bombinatebee #bombinatebee

19.01.2022 Do you love bees? This could be the job for you!

18.01.2022 This is one of the frames from our queen cell builder hive. Cell builders need to brimming with bees to produce strong healthy queen bees. @bombinatebee #bombinatebee

18.01.2022 July in Brisbane we've seen the following trees flowering, which have given our hives a good flow of winter honey: #narrowleavedironbark (#eucalyptuscrebra), #bluegum (#eucalyptustereticornis), #paperbarktree (#melaleuca quinquinervia). You may also find #spottedgum (#corymbiamaculata), #tallowwood (#eucalyptusmicrocorys) and #narrowleavedgreygum (#eucalytusseeana)

17.01.2022 The joys of running a family business is that you can work along side your family. Today’s lesson for me was patience. Wiring frames with a two year old and punching eyelets into side bars with a four year old is frustratingly slow but at the same time makes me immensely proud. #bombinatebee @bombinatebee

16.01.2022 South East Queensland, Australia, where we are located, has just been smashed by massive storms. These came in sets like waves over several hours and in some locations they had 13 centimetre (5 inch) diameter hail. We are fine but there will be many people, including farmers affected by these storms. @bombinatebee #bombinatebee

15.01.2022 This is one of our virgin queens that had recently hatched from her queen cell. Trying to spot virgin queens can sometimes be a bit tricky as they quickly dart around the frames of honeycomb and hide every little crack and crevice. Once they return from their mating flight and are laying eggs we mark them with a coloured pen so our customers can easily find them during inspections. This year they will be marked blue according to the internationally accepted colour codes. @bombinatebee #bombinatebee

10.01.2022 Next time you buy beeswax and products like foundation make sure to ask if it’s from Australian beehives

07.01.2022 Good morning bees . It seem they like my choice of shirt today. @bombinatebee #bombinatebee.

06.01.2022 August in Brisbane we've seen the following trees flowering: #spottedgum (#corymbiamaculata), #bluegum (#eucalyptustereticornis) and #narrowleavedironbark (#eucalyptuscrebra). We’ve seen a very good nectar flow in some areas of Brisbane, especially bayside areas, which is a really good start to the season. In areas where there has been less rainfall flowering has been patchy. @beesinthebackyard #beesinthebackyard

05.01.2022 Happy first day of Spring. We couldn’t have asked for a better start to the season with our hives looking healthy and very happy. Our plan for this season is to expand our hive numbers so we can continue to fill growing demand for our honey and queen bees we produce. Thank you to everyone that has been supporting and following our journey. #happyfirstdayofspring #bombinatebee @bombinatebee

05.01.2022 Why Does Honey Crystallise? It is a common occurrence in household pantries. It’s probably winter, and the jar of honey that once contained molten golden honey ...has suddenly changed and become whiteish and semi-solid. This crystallisation is normal, but is usually met by distaste, as the honey-owner feels that their jar of delicious syrupy joy has suddenly spoiled. However, this process is natural, as real raw honey does crystallise. In fact, it reflects your honey is natural and good quality. In nature, honey often crystallises, or sets, in the comb. It is a spontaneous and completely natural process that sees unheated honey become more solid, change colour and form crystals. The process is not always uniform, and sometimes the crystals will form on the top section of the honey jar, while the bottom part remains liquid. Some crystals are large and gritty, while some others are fine. So, how does this occur? Honey is a supersaturated solution of three sugars: glucose and fructose and a small amount of sucrose. This natural phenomenon occurs when glucoseone of three main sugars in honeyspontaneously precipitates out of the honey solution. The glucose loses water (becoming glucose monohydrate) and takes the form of a crystal (a solid body with an orderly structure). The crystals make a lattice formation which immobilises other components of honey in a suspended structure, creating the semi-solid crystal state. The faster honey crystallises, the finer the texture will be, and as it forms crystals, the colour of the honey lightens. Despite this looking strange, there is actually no effect on the honey itself; it will still taste the same and has not deteriorated in quality in any way. Actually, this process works in the opposite way, preserving the flavour and quality of the product. As the taste becomes richer in this form, and the substance’s higher viscosity means it is easier to spread, crystallised honey is sometimes preferred by consumers, and asked for in certain recipes. It is the perfect consistency to spread on toast or sandwiches! However, if you want to reverse your honey back to its original liquid form, the honey jar can be placed in a pot of warm water and heated to a low heat until liquid again. Alternatively, the jar can just be left in a bowl of hot water for a long period of time, not on the stove element. A quick blast in the microwave for a couple 15 second intervals can also help reverse the crystal forms. Despite this returning your honey to the way it was originally, honey will re-crystallise if not used quickly. Do not despair or throw your honey away as this is when honey is (debatably) at its best and most flavoursome. See more

04.01.2022 We’ve recently been exploring potential beekeeping sites for these rather insignificant flowers. They are the #manuka plant or #leptospermum, which grow throughout Australia and are the source of #manukahoney. Manuka honey has healing properties and is a natural superfood. @bombinatebee #bombinatebee

02.01.2022 A step in the right direction to secure the health and security of the Queensland beekeeping industry.

02.01.2022 Our queens that we have bred this season are laying up a storm. Check out this brood pattern . #bombinatebee @bombinatebee

01.01.2022 When raising grafted queen cells it’s important to go back and check all of the brood frames after making the colony queenless. Sometimes you’ll find rouge cells and these need to be removed. If you don’t check, these cheeky queen cells hatch before your grafted cells and kill the other developing queens. @bombinatebee #bombinatebee

01.01.2022 October in Brisbane we’ve seen the following trees flowering: #whitemahogany (#eucalyptusacmenoides), #plunkettmallee (#eucalyptuscurtisii), #brushbox (#lophostemonconfertus), #silkyoak (#grevillearobusta), #cadagi (#eucalyptustorelliana) and #redbottlebrush (#callistemon). You may also find #spottedgum (#corymbiamaculata), #narrowleavedironbark (#eucalyptuscrebra) and #clover (#trifoliumrepens). @bombinatebee #bombinatebee

01.01.2022 Witness a close up view of Spring in the macadamia orchard. See the delicate, white macadamia flower strands, with bees moving from flower to flower. They are s...eeking out nectar for their hives and in the process transferring pollen amongst the trees, exactly what is needed for pollination, which turns the flowers into macadamia nuts. This is nature in action. See more