Beehives and Pollination
Call a beehive into your space and connect with bees to pollinate and harvest your own honey. We provide you with the knowledge to care for the bees along with seasonal bee consultations.
We focus on integrating natural beekeeping principles to ensure optimal honeybee health, community biodiversity and local food production.
The future of Bees is not in one beekeeper with 60,000 hives, but with 60,000 people each keeping one hive.
Simon Buxton
1. Meet the bees
We work with two species: Apis Mellifera (Honey Bee) and Tetragonula Carbonaria (Sugarbag Bee). The diversity and abundance of floral resources in most Australian ecosystems gives both species plenty of resources to thrive together.
2. Select your hive
Original Australian Tetragonula hive
Traditional Langstroth honeybee hive
Ancient Top Bar honeybee hive
3. Prepare your garden
Create the perfect space to ensure you keep a happy and healthy bee colony. You can also request a garden design and build a bee sanctuary with more than one beehive. Our professional beekeeping skills will assess:
Bee flight path
Sun path
Hive orientation
Season and climate
Local nectar and pollen resources
Water source
4. Welcome the bees
Welcome honey bees to your space and hold a special garden celebration.
Live beehive installation
Honeycomb and local food tasting
Interactive beehive experience
5. Harvest your own honey
Harvesting pure honeycomb from your hive is a memorable day, full of gratitude for the healing gifts we receive from the hive.
6. Add-ons to your journey
Bee Sanctuary
Create a personalised garden design
Bee consultation
One time appointments or ongoing consultation with your hive. Let us take care of your colony with seasonal hivecare.
Honeycomb holder
Place your fresh honeycomb into a handcrafted display holder. This masterpiece will illuminate any kitchen, restaurant or dining experience, radiating hexagonal light into your space.
Ancient Top Bar honeybee hive
Traditional Langstroth honeybee hive
Tales from the Hive
In our first Tales from the Hive series, we share a heart-warming story of calling in the Bees from the Butler family, in the Northern Rivers NNSW, Australia.
"My family has always been a little bee curious and appreciative, yet we haven't really explored the world of bees until now. And gosh are we so surprised (especially me) at the absolute joy and awe they are bringing into our life. At home we have myself; Jen, my wife, 3-year-old son and choccy labrador. We live in a smallish townhouse/duplex in East Ballina and over the last 5 years have been trying to grow a thriving garden, ecosystem and outdoor living space. Looking after, respecting and being in harmony with mother nature and all her inhabitants is really important to us. Whilst buying our weekly fruit and veg at Byron Farmers Market late in 2022, I came across the Colony Bees. Unsure at first, but very interested I signed up. It seemed to be that lovely timing that can occur and I jumped in.
The Colony Bees founders have been so warm and welcoming, sharing knowledge and guiding us on setting up an inviting and hospitable space for the bees. In late January the hive was delivered and I planned to make the recommended adjustments including adding some extra plants and a water fountain, hoping the bees may join us in spring. We were so surprised and elated when only 4 days later, coming home from camping we had new guests; the European bees had arrived. Squealing, dancing and hugging followed and since then, daily bee watching is a must. We are now doing more research about bees, further changing some of our consumption practices and looking forward to the ongoing learning
and relationship."
- Jennifer Butler, Bee Guardian
Connect with us and welcome the bees
We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the land, the Arakwal people, the Minjungnal people and the Widjabul people of the Bundjalung Nation, and pay our respects to elders past, present and emerging.
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