Bowral Beekeeping

04/11/2024

Co**se flower. At the teaching apiary we have the weirdest flower that pops up every year. It is a Dranculus Lily that emits a foul stink to attract flies to pollinate itself. Pop by this weekend 9-3pm to meet our weird friend! Literally this weekend only. Next week it will collapse.

02/11/2024

Beekeeping helpers. Looking for some beekeepers to help me with some large tour groups at a new site I’m setting up. You’d need a basic understanding of the lifecycle of bees and be confident opening a hive, lifting frames and sharing your knowledge and enjoyment. The groups range from corporate teams, homeschooling groups, seniors and overseas visitors. Get in touch for a chat 0428294569 or [email protected]

18/10/2024

Pollination! Out the front of the apiary is the most perfect example of what our bees do to pollinate the food that we eat. Pop by the honey stall and taste part of that process. Destination NSW

16/09/2024

Tasting kit? We keep getting asked for a boxed hamper kind of thing. I found these boxes which fit 4x of our mini jars perfectly. Not sure if they’ll work but I’ll put them on the stall tomorrow at Tulip Time Southern Highlands and let you know how they go.

12/09/2024

Yay! Tulip Time Southern Highlands is ON! Magnificent displays and lots of interesting stallholders. Every day took the 30th September. 9-3pm, free entry for locals.

11/09/2024

Tulip Time! It’s on! We’re setting up this afternoon for a wonderful 18x days of all things tulips, springtime and cool climate gardens. The tulips are magnificent, congratulations to the garden team at Wingecarribee Shire Council and the Tulip Time Southern Highlands committee. More photos this afternoon when we’ve set up.












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09/09/2024

Blossom watch! Every year on the Cherry Tree Walk there is only a few days in which the cherry blossoms are at a peak. My apiary is just near these beautiful trees, so every day I’ll post a quick video and let people know when they’re perfect. One year there was literally a few hours on one day that they were perfect before the dreaded wind came up and shredded everything. It’s also a great thing as a beekeeper as my bees are making Cherry honey!

07/08/2024

Vale Denis Garbutt . Denis was a mate through beekeeping. We first met on an advanced beekeeping course where he promptly started helping out our lecturer Harvey and mentoring some of the less experienced participants. We became friends and we worked together on many tourism groups. He was patient, highly experienced and always interested in a chat, sharing his great depth of knowledge and latest ideas and approaches. There will be a memorial service on Monday 12th August 2024 commencing at 11:00am. Holy Trinity Anglican Church, 15 Church Street Bundanoon. Followed by a wake at the Bundanoon Club at 1230.

The link to the funeral directors notice is https://beavansfunerals.com.au/notices-live-stream/client/?nid=ce4f9ec1-a969-45b3-865d-1f4e99014975&t=service-details

04/08/2024

A lovely profile! Thanks Guys!

Hamish Ta-mé, the man behind Bowral Beekeeping, got his first bees at high school and never looked back - keeping bees on and off ever since. 🐝🍯🙌

Bowral Beekeeping got its start when Hamish lost his corporate job during the pandemic.

“It was a simple and organic transition,” he says “It started with my neighbours and friends asking to look at my hives in the backyard. I then bought a few extra suits and listed it on an experiences website. Within a year, ‘AirBeenN Bee' was Australia’s top ranked experience, and the rest is history.

Bowral Beekeeping now employs more than seven staff who run agritourism experiences, workshops and tours of the working apiary (honey farm).

Once a year Bowral Beekeeping run a festival called Honeyland - a celebration of honey, bees and beekeeping with free talks, honey tasting, equipment demonstrations and around 20 local stallholders.

“Regional NSW is such a dynamic and exciting place to live and work.” Hamish says. “Here in Bowral we’ve got a wonderful mix of natural beauty, alongside amazing food and wine options, great arts and culture and a genuine sense of community.”

“You can literally go from drinking coffee with some mates from bookclub in a funky cafe and then be in farmland, alongside a river or in the bush in under 15 minutes.”

30/07/2024

Tulip Time Southern Highlands preparation. I’ve been thinking of a new way of presenting our honeys for the upcoming Tulip Time festival. I’m thinking about black pvc tablecloths, with these planks presenting the honeys. A few trips to for timber and varnish. Also lots of inspo from the recent Bridgerton events in Bowral with their extensive floral displays. We’ll keep you posted!

18/07/2024

DogLand! 🐶🐩🐕‍🦺🐕 At this Saturday's HoneyLand (20th July) dogs are more than welcome! We even have prizes! Most personality.👩‍🎤 Best Dressed. 💃 We will have a "phodographer" on site to snap your furry friend 📸 and to judge the winners. 🏆 Prizes are from our good friends who will have a stall on the day.

15/07/2024

Woohoo! Things are starting to get buzzy behind the scenes as we prepare for HoneyLand (pt2) on Saturday (20th 9-3pm). We now have 19x (!!!) stalls confirmed for the day. They are all local makers, crafters, foodies and more. We welcome the opportunity to build collaborations, connections, and shared excitement. On the day we'll have talks on the hour about various beekeeping topics. firepits, warmed spiced mead (+ a paid workshop on mead making). A mass, guided honey tasting, a significant prize from Flow Hive for the beekeepers out there and so much more. It is a free (ticketed) DOG FRIENDLY event. We all look forward to seeing you. Studio Jones Mittagong The Valerie Van Strawberrydesignco V-Creative Macrame Fungi Co Heal You Handmade by Chanice .club Strawberry Tree Art Studio N**e Pets
Tickets here https://www.eventbrite.com.au/o/bowral-beekeeping-31995959815

11/07/2024

Flow Hive Caddy winner! As part of our 2x day HoneyLand event our very generous sponsor Flow Hive provided TWO caddies to give away during the Flow Hive Beekeeping talks. Beekeeper Annie from Wollongong came up to listen to the various talks and won the first of these caddies. The second caddy will be given away on Saturday 20th July during the scheduled talks at the second iteration of HoneyLand. We’d love to have you along. There’ll be honey tastings, hot spiced mead, talks, fire pits, coffee van and another 20x (!!) stall holders! Link for the free tickets below.

09/07/2024

HoneyLand! The first part of our two-day honey festival was so much fun! Thank you to everyone who came along and contributed their energy and enthusiasm. The spiced MEAD stall was particularly popular along with visits to our other stall holders, coffee van and food truck. The second part of the festival is on Saturday 20th July and runs from 9-3pm. There will be EVEN MORE stalls, swedish fire logs, a MASS HONEY TASTING and more giveaways from our friends at Hive . Tickets are free, children and dogs are welcome and we look forward to another day celebrating all things Honey, Bees and Beekeeping. Get in touch for any enquiries.

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05/07/2024

HoneyLand, Saturday 6th July. So excited, the marquees are going up and just had a delivery of Flow Hives that will be available to purchase on the day. AND very happy to announce that Flow Hive have donated two of their caddies! They will be the prizes given out during the beekeeping talks on each of the events, Saturday 6th and 20th July. There are a handful of free tickets available for the event tomorrow. Jump on the link for all the details. There will be fire pits to keep you toasty, warm spiced mead, a coffee van, food truck and ten stallholders including the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development NSW Biosecurity who are giving a talk on varroa. https://www.eventbrite.com.au/o/bowral-beekeeping-31995959815

02/07/2024

So excited about the upcoming HoneyLand festival! We have opened up the event to other, like-minded small businesses and now have around 8x stallholders confirmed for Saturday. We have Penny Rose, .jones.mittagong Strawberrydesignco V-Creative Macrame Strawberry Tree Art Studio, Loaded Creations By Bec, and Savvy Shotz Coffee! https://www.facebook.com/share/3gLnNj7HFW2KMh3W