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15.01.2022 We’re still here! Just been a bit busy and silent. Our bees are busy collecting what they can during these colder months. We’re lucky that they are all in areas that have avoided frost and there’s still plenty of food around, it’s been a good winter. In a few months we’ll be able to collect their delicious, natural and organic nectar!

14.01.2022 There’s a lot of news going around right now about the importation and sale of artificial and adulterated honey. It’s disturbing and being going on for a long time. If you buy from a local bee keeper, you’re guaranteeing you’re getting 100% pure honey and supporting a local, not a corporation. Local bee keepers are actively saving our countries bees day in, day out.

13.01.2022 The queen bee is the most important bee in the hive. She is the bee that births all other bees that live in the hive. Although she begins her life as any other larva, she is nurtured to queen status by being fed a special diet. Even then, the queen has to wage battle before she is the only reproducing female left in the hive. Queen bees live a life like no other bee. The new queen bee, or virgin queen bee, begins her life as an egg laid by the current queen. She is fed a diet... of royal jelly, which is a protein secretion from the heads of young worker bees. Although other larvae in the hive may receive royal jelly, the queen bee is the only adult bee that receives royal jelly. This food enables her to be the only one to reproduce. The queen bee develops from a larva into a pupa after eight days. The worker bees then cap the queen bee's shell with beeswax. After 15 days, the queen bee chews a circular hole in her shell giving the appearance of a trapdoor. When she emerges, her first priority is to destroy any other potential queen bee pupae. She slashes open their shells with her stinger or calls them into battle with her piping cry which only queen bees can make. After destroying the other potential queen bee pupae, the new queen bee seeks to eliminate the old queen. Usually, the old queen will have left the hive before the new queen is born. However, if the old and new queen meet, there will be a fight to the death. The queen bee is the only bee in the hive that does not have a barbed stinger. This means she can repeatedly sting like a wasp.

11.01.2022 Do you have a native bee hive in your water meter or perhaps in a log you'd like removed? We can help! We can remove the bees intact and into a box to help protect & strengthen the hive. Please don't destroy or wreck it, we can save it! Message us if you or someone you know has a hive in need of rescuing!

09.01.2022 The situation continues to disappoint. Buy from a local beekeeper and you’ll never have to worry if your honey is fake or not

08.01.2022 Welcome! Follow us on our journey to help save the bees and enjoy the fruits of their labour. We also rescue and re-hive native Australian bees! So if you have a native hive in an inconvenient spot like your water meter or power box, or at risk in a log, message us! We can help. Our organic, natural and raw honey will soon be available also. Stay tuned and join us for updates!

06.01.2022 Great news for the bees Australia wide!

04.01.2022 All of us share the same issue: no bees = no life. We want to empower others to know they can make a difference. Products like Round Up weed killer and Confidor insecticides have been proven to harm bees. Glyphosate the active ingredient in Round Up has been banned in several countries for being carcinogenic. Bees and humanity face a major challenge as massive corporations are determined to feed the world with GMO (genetically modified) Food mono culture farming. Read more...