Practicing ethical and sustainable beekeeping. Producing 100% raw, natural honey, made by bees.
Hive hosting
Interested in having a beehive in your backyard…but don’t have the time or the knowhow to manage it.
The Honeysmith
The market place
Custom beehives
Custom built timber beehives. Insulated with rice hulls for superior thermal performance and happy bees. Decorate the outside yourself or get the Honeysmith to do it for you. Made to order.
Honey for sale
100% Pure natural honey, forged by bees. Just spun, filtered and bottled for your enjoyment. You can’t get it any more natural unless you’re a bee.
Hive and apiary sponsorship
So you want to help save bees and be involved but you don’t have the time or the space. If this is you then sponsoring a hive is a great option.
Mentoring services
If your beekeeping skills are a bit rusty or you are just not quite sure, the Honeysmith’s mentoring services could help.
Apiary tours
Experience what it is like to be a beekeeper by joining the Honeysmith while he checks on his bees. A hands on beekeeping experience.
Be(e) pollinator friendly
Get involved
Further your knowledge about local ecosystems and how you can help. We can never know too much about our local environment. Join a group of liked minded people and get involved.
Just add water
Bees and other beneficial insects — all need fresh water to drink. You can provide this in your back yard with a DIY insect bath.
Go organic
Reduce the use of poisons in and around your yard. Find alternative methods of control for pests and diseases.
Offer nesting sites
Different native bees require different accommodation so visit the webpage and decide who you are going to build a home for.
Plant Natives
Australian native plants come in a huge array of shapes and sizes. There is pretty much a native plant for all occasions.
Less lawn more flowers
Help provide a sustainable and pollinator friendly environment for bees, beetles, flies, wasps, butterflies and moths to name a few. Pollinators rely on flowering plants to provide nectar and pollen.
Recent News
Wax Moth
There are a number of pests that are cause for concern for beekeepers. One of these is the wax moth. There are two species of wax moth, the Greater wax moth (Galleria mellonella) and the Lesser wax moth (Achroia grisella).…
It’s swarm season
It’s that time of year again, spring. Wonderful warm spring after another long cold winter. A few warm days and the bees are hard at work again. It’s that time of year when beekeepers all over the country, (well those…
First hive check for spring 2019
I carried out the first hive checks for spring today. It’s always an exciting time for a beekeeper to open hives for the first time after a long winter break. The bees are well into their spring build up with…
New website up and running
It’s been a long time coming but finally the new Honeysmith website is up and running. There’s a whole bunch of new information about being pollinator friendly and sustainability. Resources for those interested in beekeeping and of course the market…
