Sweet victory for local honey hero / Bee aware at CERES
Sweet victory for local honey hero Three years ago Victorian beekeeper, Simon Mulvany (that’s him above), began blowing the whistle on commercial honey giant Capilano Honey for blending cheap Chinese honey with Australian honey in its budget Allowrie brand. Chinese honey according to Simon contains high levels of antibiotics, chemical residues and diseases like foul brood which can […]
Benedict Hughes' sweet deliverance. Alex brings home the coconut.
A few months ago I wrote about urban beekeeping pioneer, Lyndon Fenlon, and the urban honey legacy he left Melbourne when he left Melbourne. Well Benedict Hughes akaThe Practical Beekeeper, that’s him above collecting honey on the rooftop of The Commons Apartments in Brunswick, is one of the keepers of that legacy. Benedict makes a living as an urban […]
The Practical Beekeeper. Wide Asparagusso Sea
The long cold winter had Benedict Hughes worried his bees would run out of honey and starve before the Spring came. But last week as he peered into one of his hives in an Ivanhoe backyard Benedict breathed a sigh of relief when he saw new season’s honey flowing. The worry has now faded as Benedict is suddenly busy answering one or two call-outs a day to collect swarms – […]
