Piesseful Bees Honey

03/08/2024

I know this is a bit of an odd share for the business page but I felt the need to share anyway. I have this video saved and have watched it numerous times. Sometimes I’m feeling high on life and sometimes I’m on the downside of the rollercoaster.. yet every time I feel inspired and that all these emotions are okay! We all have goals, and it feels bloody amazing when we reach them but at the end of the day, it’s all about the journey.

I encourage you to watch, and let me know what you think 💛

31/07/2024

Have you been to our shop? We be so grateful if you could leave us a review on our Trip Advisor profile.. this will help others find us in their search for honey in Perth 🐝💛

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17/07/2024

A little while ago I asked you all to choose your favourite picture out of 10.. this was the winner.

I am so excited to share the secret squirrel project with you soon, it’s almost complete 😍

Before I reveal all, any guesses what it could be?

15/07/2024

WE NEED YOUR HELP!

Well, kind of 🤭

Since our fermented garlic honey has gone off like a rocket, in a good way of course, I’d love to know what you’d like to see next.

Because I’m a sucker for punishment and can never not have another project to work on.. 🤪

Think about flavoured honeys you’ve tried/seen before and tell us in the comments what you’d like us to do next..

Can’t wait to see what you suggest 🐝🍯

09/07/2024

A gentle reminder..

Here at Piesseful Bees Honey we are a 3 person team. We don’t employ people to lighten the load, even though we should 🤪

Casey and I have 2 daughters who are 5 years and 3 months old. Casey also works in mining week on week off and runs the bees in his time off. He sleeps very little and is constantly maintaining or fixing broken equipment 🤪

As well as being Mama to B&Z, I am the one that pours, lids and labels EVERY jar of honey we sell. I am the one who delivers to your door or takes your parcels of sweetness to the post office. I’m also the one that runs stock to our stockists and keeps our shop looking full to the brim, just the way we like it 👌🏼 There’s all the backend things that I do myself too like social media, accounting, liaising with other businesses etc.

Then there’s Mama Sam, who has A LOT going on behind the scenes and yet she manages to keep our shop open every weekend and treats it like her baby. We are so lucky to have her.

We are a family that are used to being busy, used to juggling many tasks at once, and that’s how we like it. However, sometimes things don’t go to plan and a spanner will get thrown in the works, that’s life right?!

We are not perfect, sometimes a restock will be delayed or a delivery missed. Whilst we try our absolute best to run as smoothly as possible, sometimes things go pear shaped.

PLEASE remember this! This is small family business and we love providing our products to our customers. We appreciate every single one of you and are so thankful when you choose to support us.

Much love,
The 3 Piesse Team 🐝💛

04/07/2024

Fermented Garlic Honey - now available in store and online! 🐝🧄🍯

Key Benefits of Garlic Fermented Honey

Immunity Boosting: Fermented garlic honey is packed with antioxidants and has strong antimicrobial properties, making it an excellent natural remedy to boost your immune system.

Cardiovascular Support: This blend helps support a healthy cardiovascular system, promoting overall heart health.

Digestive Health: Rich in prebiotics and probiotics, fermented garlic honey aids in maintaining a healthy digestive system.

Cold and Flu Buster: The combination of garlic and honey makes this a powerful ally in fighting off colds and flu, providing natural relief and boosting your body’s defenses.

Uses For our Fermented Garlic Honey

Natural Cough Relief: Garlic honey can be used as a natural remedy for coughs, offering soothing relief.

Versatile in Cooking: This fermented garlic honey is perfect for adding a unique flavor to your dishes. Use it in marinades, dressings, or simply drizzle it over your favorite foods for a delicious twist.

Powerful Blend: The combination of garlic and honey creates a highly antimicrobial product that supports overall health and well-being.

Come and see us in the shop at Wanneroo Markets Friday to Sunday 9am-4pm or order online at www.piessefulbeeshoney.com.au

01/07/2024

I’ll never understand why someone would do this! Not only is it pretty much a death sentence to the bees during the cold weather, it’s someone’s livelihood you’re messing with 🤬

My only hope is that whoever it was, got stung like a mo********er!

Sorry for the bad language but this is literally the worst thing you could do in our world. Those poor bees 🐝💔

12/06/2024

Not long to go now! Who’s coming to the EveryWoman Expo this year? 21-23 June you’ll find us at Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre - Stall C08, just look for the yellow 💛

Don’t forget, we won’t have our full range available at the show so if there’s something you know you definitely want, use the code EWEXPO on our website to order and collect at the show.

If you haven’t got your FREE tickets yet, get them here - https://tickets.eeanz.com/shows/everywoman-expo-2024/?_gl=1*16u2gmt*_ga*MTkwMjczMDQwMC4xNzE4MTkzMjA1*_ga_GXLY6P6Z8F*MTcxODE5MzIwNS4xLjEuMTcxODE5MzIwNi41OS4wLjA.

11/06/2024

Our pure beeswax, harvested from our own hives, is FINALLY back in stock!

Now available in:
75g - single round pucks
180g - 3 hexagon pucks
1kg - 1 block that looks like a brick 🤭

Head to our website to secure yours now. The 75g and 180g will be available in our shop at Wanneroo Markets from this weekend. Slight delay on the 1kg blocks as we’re still waiting for the nicer molds to arrive.

Our beeswax always sells super quick so if it’s something you need, get some ASAP 🐝

www.piessefulbeeshoney.com.au

10/06/2024

There was no honey for crumpets this morning! Pop in store today and get yourself the best honey (including oh so delicious creamed honey) by local favourite Piesseful Bees Honey. Crisis averted for tomorrow 🐝

Open Mon to Sat 9.30am to 5pm and Sunday 11am to 4pm.

Yanchep Central Shopping Centre

07/06/2024

Come and find the answers to MYTH BUSTERS!

Are they what you expected? Did you learn something new? Do you have even more myth/facts you’d like us to share?

Share with us in the comments 🐝🍯

04/06/2024

Let’s play a game of BEE/HONEY MYTHBUSTERS 🐝🍯

You tell something you think may (or may not) be true about these fascinating friends and I’ll go through and share the answers once I’ve gathered (see what I did there?) all of the information.

I’ll go first: metal spoons shouldn’t be used in honey because it kills all the enzymes.

28/05/2024

Sometimes you just have to admit defeat, accept the wastage and start again!

More information coming soon; comment below what you think may have happened

P.S The smell that turns my tummy is HONEY & WATER; today I had to wash too many jars out 🤢

20/05/2024

Rotten - Lawyers, guns & honey

If you’re looking for an eye opening view into the honey world, check out Rotten on Netflix.

The first episode is about honey. It’s more focused on American beekeeping (Australian is very similar but not entirely) but it gives you an insight of the things that can happen in the honey world.. especially when it comes to honey adulteration!

It’s never been more important to support your local beekeeper; it’s the only way to know your honey is actually honey!

I’m going to pin this post - if you’ve watched the episode, let us know what you think!

20/05/2024

WORLD BEE DAY 2024

BEE-SPLAINING: How do bees make honey?

Contrary to common belief, honey is not made from pollen. It is made from nectar. Most insect-pollinated plants produce both pollen and nectar. Pollen is dispersed from the male flowers or parts of flowers to the female flowers or parts of flowers. Because most plants are not self-fertile or self-pollinating, they need the help of bees, other insects and animals to carry the pollen between the flowers and do the pollinating for them.

To entice these little helpers, plants produce nectar. In beekeeping parlance, nectar is also known as floral rewards; it is the reward that the pollinator receives for carrying out pollinating services.

Nectar is a weak sugar and water solution and is very attractive to bees. The concentration varies depending on the plant, climate and weather, but nectar usually contains about 20% sugars and 80% water. Flowers often hide the nectar deep inside the flower so that the body of the bee has to touch the pollen in order to get to it. When they brush past the pollen, tiny bits of pollen are then attached to tiny hairs covering the bees’ body. The bee then carries the pollen onto the next flower. As the bee brushes past the female part of the flower to get to the nectar, the pollen gets stuck on the sticky stigma and pollination has occurred. And the bee gets her floral reward!

But, back to the nectar. Honeybees have a short straw-like tongue, called proboscis, with which it sucks up nectar into its honey crop or belly. When the honey crop is full, the bee returns to the hive. Once inside, the forager bee offers the nectar to young worker bees just inside the entrance. As she offers the nectar, she may also perform a dance, called the waggle dance. This dance will show the other bees how to get to the flower that this nectar came from. Depending on how enthusiastically she dances, she will also show the others how good she thinks this nectar is. When she has found a young worker bee to receive the nectar, she will transfer it to her. The transfer is done via trophallaxis, where the nectar passes from the mouthparts of one bee to the mouthparts of the other, and then ends up in the honey-crop of the receiving bee.

Inside the hive, the receiving bee looks for an empty cell to deposit the nectar in. When she has found an empty cell, she will empty her honey crop of nectar via her mouthparts. Also contrary to common belief, honey does not pass through the bee and come out the other end as honey! It goes from flower to honey crop of the forager bee to honey crop of the receiver bee and then into the cell.

Once offloaded, the nectar needs to be dried out and turned into honey. This is done by converting the 20/80 sugar to water solution into a 80/ 20 sugar to water solution. Bees do this by creating an air flow in the hive of hot air. Hot air can hold more moisture than cold air. To create this airflow bees fan their wings to move the air around the hive. The air absorbs moisture from the nectar. Once the nectar has dried enough and the moisture content reduced to under 20% it has been turned into honey. The bees then seal the cell with a layer of beeswax. Beekeepers call this to ‘cap’ the cell, and coincidentally these wax cappings make the most sought-after beeswax. This is because the resulting wax is white and clean. It is the only wax that should be used in skin care products. Bees cap the honey because if it was left uncapped, it would absorb moisture. Honey with a high moisture content is likely to ferment, and the bees cannot use fermented honey for food.

When beekeepers harvest honey they remove full frames of capped honey. The cappings are then removed and melted down for beeswax. The frames of honey are placed in a honey extractor. Most extractors are large metal cylinders. Inside the cylinder is a central axel onto which the frames are attached. When the extractor is turned on, the central axel and frames spin at increasing speed. The honey from the cells are pulled out of the cells by centrifugal force and end up on the inside walls of the cylinder. The honey then gathers at the bottom of the extractor and is removed via a valve on the bottom. The frames of beeswax often remain intact and can be reused so that the bees do not have to build the comb again.

This is how bees convert the nectar from flowers that they pollinate into the delicious sweet and flavorful honey that we can enjoy...

Did you enjoy this read? Let us know if you have any questions in the comments!

19/05/2024

WINTER IS COMING 🥶

Recently, we’ve been focused on wintering our bees. This process requires a lot of time for inspections, removing honey supers (boxes) and driving to and from all our sites.

We do this in order to help our bees survive the winter as only the strong will thrive. It starts with us removing all the extra supers, whether they’re full or not. We’ll leave 1, hopefully full, honey super, along with the brood (where the bees hatch) box where the queen bee is. She still continues to lay eggs throughout winter, just not as many. The honey is what the bees will eat so it’s very important to leave as much as we can.

As we’re inspecting, we’re checking if the colony has started to kick out the drone (male) bees, as they’re not required for breeding throughout winter. This is also when the colony condenses itself down to the strongest bees, so they can huddle together and stay warm throughout the winter.

Extra space means more to keep warm and weak bees means more mouths to feed; they’re all about working smarter, not harder.

It’s inevitable that we’ll lose a few hives during winter, we can’t save them all. But we do our absolute best to help them not only survive, but thrive 🐝💛

We’d love to know if you’ve found this post informative, let us know in the comments 🥰

12/05/2024

Today is the day to honor our mothers, the queens of our hearts! They truly make the world go round, just like the queen bee. No matter how you’ve gained the title of mother; Happy Mothers Day! 🐝💛

09/05/2024

We’re so excited to be attending the EveryWoman Expo again this year. Tickets have just been released so be sure to get yours here - https://bit.ly/4b9pP9i

You’ll find us at stall C08, not far from the entrance/exit. We’re even offering FREE pick up on preorders on our website using code EWEXPO at checkout.

There’s a lot of prep happening behind the scenes as this is one of our biggest events of the year, we had so much fun last year! 💕🌸

08/05/2024

A small insight to my brain right now. I was just about to stack these on the shelves.. can you see what I’ve done wrong? 🤦🏻‍♀️

03/05/2024

Mother’s Day is the 12th of May this year and May is HONEY MONTH; so what better way to spoil the Queen in your life 🍯💛

We have all sorts of amazing things they’ll love:
🐝 1 of a kind YELLOW resin pieces
🐝 Everlasting crochet flowers that’ll never die
🐝 Bath and body products made with honey
🐝 Sweet treats for the sweet tooth’s
🐝 Savoury treats for those that aren’t into sweet
🐝 Mugs, tumblers, coffee, teas and chocolates
🐝 All sorts of bee related trinkets!

And of course, all our delicious honeys! 🍯 There really is something for every honey and/or bee lover out there.

Find Mama Sam in the shop at Wanneroo Markets this weekend from 9am-4pm or order online and I’ll guarantee delivery before Mother’s Day if you’re in the local area.

www.piessefulbeeshoney.com.au

20/04/2024

I’ve been forbidden from buying any more stock!

Our shop is filled to the brim with all things honey and bees. If you’re restocking your favourite honey, looking to try something new or buying a gift for someone, we’ve got you covered 🐝

There’s so many benefits of coming into the shop to buy your products:
- You get to browse EVERYTHING
- You can taste all the varieties of our honey
- We have samples of most of our food products
- You can take advantage of our in store loyalty program, getting perks every 5th purchase
- You get to talk to Mama Sam and ask all the questions you may have
- We can tailor make gift boxes to suit your needs!

As a small business, we also love working with other small businesses. You’ll find a huge array of business collaborations and products that fit within our theme to buy. We really do have something for everyone.. think pottery, beef jerky, tea and coffee, bbq extras, and yummy yummy sweet treats!

Come see us between 9am-4pm every Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the Wanneroo Markets to check out our range. You can also shop the website 24/7!

www.piessefulbeeshoney.com.au

15/04/2024

We’ve been working on a secret squirrel project..

All will bee 😉 revealed in good time but for now, I’ve got a challenge for you!

Pick your FAVOURITE image from the 10, like and comment on it and I’ll share a sneak peek with you soon 👀

Good luck choosing, because I’m finding it VERY difficult.

*Photography by Local Goodness WA

13/04/2024

CREAMED HONEY IS BACK IN STOCK 👏🏼

12/04/2024

Due to illness, the shop will be CLOSED today. Possibly the whole weekend. Wanneroo Markets

Please place any orders online and we’ll get them to you ASAP. Sorry for any inconvenience 🐝🍯

www.piessefulbeeshoney.com.au

10/04/2024

There’s quite a few NEW products in the shop; starting with these.

We’ve brought in a new brand of teas, chocolate powers, chai and coffee!

We listened to your feedback and now stock tea POUCHES, pre measured for your convenience. There’s a huge range from your traditional breakfast tea, green tea, black tea and something fruity! There’s also a selection of tea that use Australian Native ingredients that we love.

As for the Queen Bee Coffee, we’ve catered for everyone with whole beans, Nespresso compatible pods and decaf.

Let us know in the comments if you’re a tea, coffee or hot chocolate drinker and which you’re excited to try 👏🏼

09/04/2024

Look what’s back in stock 👀 And yes, I’m sat at my desk at 10pm at night weighing it all up into jars because I know you all want it so bad.

Want to know more about bee pollen; give this link a click and have a read - https://www.piessefulbeeshoney.com.au/product/bee-pollen/50?cp=true&sa=false&sbp=false&q=false&category_id=2

06/04/2024

A little behind the scenes for you…

We’ve had a small load of roughly 30 beehives down in Donnybrook for the last few months. They desperately needed moving back north for winter but with everything going on lately, we had to push it back a few times.

Casey left home at 6am yesterday morning, drove down to Donnybrook, pulled all the full honey boxes off (over a ton of honey), to put on his Ute, loaded the hives onto the trailer, and then waited until dark to start the drive home… he got home at 5am this morning.

Here’s what happened in between:
- Hours spent driving (fuel costs)
- The bees were so busy working that he had to wait longer to load them on to the trailer. This is to avoid leaving stragglers behind as they don’t work after sunset
- THE LIFTER STOPPED WORKING, so he had to lift the remaining hives on manually
- He made it to the city when he got a FLAT TYRE, imagine seeing a broken down ute with 30 beehives on the back! He managed to plug the puncture otherwise he would’ve had to unload everything to jack the car up
- When he got to the new site, he then had to manually unload the beehives because the lifter was out of action.

Now this doesn’t include any of the honey extraction process, that’ll be done next week. Keeping in mind that we operate upwards of 150 beehives and this was a small load in comparison.

So, we all know Casey is a machine that somehow manages to truck along and get things done, but think of this when you hear someone tell us that our honey is too expensive… 🐝🍯

Moral of our household is never make plans; because nothing ever goes to plan!

31/03/2024

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO US!

With all the craziness happening recently, our shop birthday almost slipped by without recognition! 1 already, and look how much it’s changed.. cannot wait to see what the next year and so on brings. Thank you all for your support with our little shop 💛

Also, thank you for all your love and wishes on the announcement of baby Z. We’re all totally smitten by her and her luscious locks 👶🏻🥰

30/03/2024

Well, we certainly don’t seem to do things the simple way in this family!

The final Piesse of our puzzle has made her grand entrance into the world, and when I say grand, I mean it 🤭 I’ll pop some extra details in the comments below for those that would like to know..

Zahri Poppy Piesse
Born - 28/03/2024 at 5:59pm
Weight - 6.6 pound (3.02kg)
Length - 44.5cm (she teeeeeny!)

We are absolutely smitten and can’t wait to see what the future holds for our girls.

We appreciate your patience as we navigate our new lives for the next little while 🐝💛

Love, us xx.

27/03/2024

Wishing you all a safe & hoppy Easter, whatever your plans may be 🐰💛 Mama Sam will have the shop covered this weekend.

20/03/2024

The time has come.. to switch OFF deliveries 🚙

This is happening a little sooner than planned due to driving really not agreeing with me 🤰🏻 I’m not too sure how long they’ll be turned off for but never fear, that’s what our shop and stockists are for!

Postage is also still available but may be a little delayed 💌

Mama Sam has our shop open normal hours at Wanneroo Markets, you can still order online and pick up in store over the weekend.

www.piessefulbeeshoney.com.au

Otherwise, please pop into one of our lovely stockists to grab what you need:
Two Rocks - IGA & post office
Yanchep National Park - Chocolate Drops Cafe
Yanchep - Gifts At The Bay
Yanchep - Commando Coffee
Clarkson - Coco & Rose
Our shop - Wanneroo Markets
Guildford - The Lemon Room
Kalamunda - The Micro Collective

🐝🍯💛🌻

16/03/2024

My dad has bees.Today I went to his house and he showed me all of the honey he had gotten from the hives. He took the lid off of a 5 gallon bucket full of honey and on top of the honey there were 3 little bees, struggling. They were covered in sticky honey and drowning. I asked him if we could help them and he said he was sure they wouldn't survive. Casualties of honey collection I suppose.
I asked him again if we could at least get them out and kill them quickly, after all he was the one who taught me to put a suffering animal (or bug) out of its misery. He finally conceded and scooped the bees out of the bucket. He put them in an empty Chobani yogurt container and put the plastic container outside.
Because he had disrupted the hive with the earlier honey collection, there were bees flying all over outside.
We put the 3 little bees in the container on a bench and left them to their fate. My dad called me out a little while later to show me what was happening. These three little bees were surrounded by all of their sisters (all of the bees are females) and they were cleaning the sticky nearly dead bees, helping them to get all of the honey off of their bodies. We came back a short time later and there was only one little bee left in the container. She was still being tended to by her sisters.
When it was time for me to leave we checked one last time and all three of the bees had been cleaned off enough to fly away and the container was empty.
Those three little bees lived because they were surrounded by family and friends who would not give up on them, family and friends who refused to let them drown in their own stickiness and resolved to help until the last little bee could be set free.
Bee Sisters. Bee Peers. Bee Teammates.
We could all learn a thing or two from these bees.
Bee kind always.
read more - https://godblazer.com/the-emotional-moment-when-the-stubborn-wild-horse-came-to-say-his-last-goodbye-to-his-owner/

13/03/2024

💥 ATTENTION BLACKBUTT, CREAMED HONEY & BEE POLLEN LOVERS 💥

Stock updates..

A sad one for our Blackbutt lovers 💔 This season, we unfortunately didn’t pick a great site for our bees and the flowers didn’t produce much nectar at all. This means we were unable to harvest a true Blackbutt batch this year and we will be out of stock indefinitely. I will remove it from our website to avoid disappointment.

Creamed honey - There’s only a few left at the shop, I have a new batch ready to go however I’ve run out of labels. They will be here ASAP but please note there may be a couple of weeks with it out of stock.

Bee Pollen - again, very low stock at the shop. It will be back hopefully sooner rather than later 🤞🏼

12/03/2024