03/07/2025
Strap in, this is a heavy hitter…
I’ve hinted a few times that we’ve been dealing with a lot behind the scenes with family and small business life. Truth be told, I wasn’t sure if our business would survive.
Back in March, we’d moved all our hives up from the South West and were deciding where to place them for the late autumn and winter seasons 🍂🐝. It’s not often we have all our hives in one spot, but with our preferred site due for a prescribed burn, we were unsure on what to do next.
I don’t think I’ll ever forget coming home to Casey sitting on the back patio, still in his bee suit, absolutely heartbroken, muttering “they’re all gone.” 💔
Just 10 days earlier, the hives were thriving, working hard and healthy as ever. That day, Casey discovered thousands upon thousands of dead bees 😞.
Somehow, our hives had been exposed to poison. What caused it? We’ll never know for sure. All we knew was that 7 years of hard work was gone in a heartbeat. We lost 90% of our bees.
For most beekeepers, this would’ve been the end. And honestly, I thought it was for us too.
But along this journey, we’ve been lucky to make some heartfelt connections 🤝. That’s where Bee Happy Apiaries comes into our story. Colin, who founded the Rottnest Queen Breeding Program 👑, rears some of the healthiest queens in the world. And when we needed it most, they had 80 beehives needing a new beekeeper.
Taking on these hives has meant prolonging our goal of Casey leaving mining, but it’s kept our business alive. And for that, we’re beyond grateful to the Bee Happy family for lifting us up when we needed it most.
Thank you for sticking with us 🫶. Your support keeps us going through the hardest moments. We’ll keep doing what we love - bringing you some of the best honey in the world 🍯.
From day one, we promised to share the good and the bad - the real story of our journey. And this is part of it. Much love 💛
