💛🐝 Support our Aussie beekeepers! Like many other ag industries, Australia’s honey bee industry has been impacted by drought, bushfires and floods. ✅ Show your support for our beekeeping industry by checking the label on the honey you buy to ensure it’s 100 % Australian.

The last recorded data from @agrifuturesau suggest there are 1,800 commercial and 28,000 recreational beekeepers. That means buying 100% Australian honey has never been easier. Buy Australian and support our Aussie beekeepers. #aushoney #australianbeekeeping #australianmade

It’s a spoonful of deliciousness! 🥄🥄🥄 But wait there’s more. Honey bees make more than honey - some products include 💄 Beeswax balms 🕯 Beeswax candles 🥪 Reusable beeswax wraps 🧼 Natural soaps Before you buy, check these products are made with 100% Australian beeswax.

New South Wales – Home to the Blue Mountains🗻, Sydney Opera House 🎶 and talented honey bees 🐝 3 NSW beekeepers kindly donated these delicious pots of honey to our Home Sweet Home giveaway competition. See what else is on offer over on our Instagram! instagram.com/australianhone…

South Australia – Where they make fine wine 🍷 and even finer honey 🍯 Nova Farms Honey has provided 2 delicious 500gm jars of Raw and Unfiltered Honey for you to possibly win in our Home Sweet Home giveaway competition. Visit our Instagram for more info! ow.ly/CIK650JoORq

Without honey bees our diets would be very bland! 🌾 65% of and agricultural crops need bees for pollination 🍽 This means 1/3 of the food on your plate was grown with the help of honey bees. Support our honey bee industry by checking the label and buy 100% Australian honey.

You don’t have to be a professional beekeeper to help protect honey bees 🐝 Over the next week, we will share some tips and tricks on what you can do at home to look after our honey bee population and help out our beekeepers, even if you don’t have a hive yourself!

Victoria – Not just famous for the Great Ocean Road, it’s also home to some great Australian honey 🍯🍯 For your chance to win this delicious Victorian honey visit our Instagram page! ow.ly/nIgk50JoP9w #aushoney #australianhoney #beekeepers

How to help protect our honey bees – Tip #1 🐜If possible, avoid using chemicals in your garden. If you must use chemicals, choose to spray at night when bees aren’t working, and don’t spray your flowering plants. 💛🐝

WA is home to incredible native flora which makes for very delicious honey! Check out the great variety of honey that some WA beekeepers have kindly provided for our Home Sweet Home giveaway! Visit our Instagram page to find out how you could win! ow.ly/rCMK50Jq8gK

How to help protect our honey bees – Tip #2 🌼Create a bee-friendly garden by planting varieties rich in pollen and nectar to create safer habitats for bees to find nutritious food.

Queensland – Where golden rays of sun will shine and golden pots of honey you’ll find! ☀🍯 You have the chance to win your own collection of golden honey packed in Qld! Pop over to our Instagram page and follow the instructions to win! ow.ly/5k3x50Js5wa

How to help protect our honey bees – Tip #3 💧Leave water out on hot days or in times of drought. Like many other livestock, bees suffer greatly in extreme heat. By leaving out ‘bee baths’ in summer months or dry periods, you can help keep our honey bee population thriving!

Do you have your honey on a piece of toast 🍞, over a pork roast 🍖 or a dash in your cup of tea ☕? There are many ways you can use 100% Australian honey to sweeten up your meals. Check them out under the Home Sweet Home recipes tab on our website: ow.ly/6O7E50Js6ne

🚨🐝 🚨🐝 If you find a bee swarm in your home, contact your relevant Department of Agriculture or Primary Industries. They will have a list of beekeepers who will know how to safely remove the colony and rehome them.

👏🏼Congratulations to Adelaide Hills-based beekeeper, Jake Leske for winning the inaugural AHBIC Australian Beekeeper Award.👏🏼 🐝Jake’s award win was announced tonight to a crowd of 600 at the 4th Australian Honey Bee Congress Dinner in Sydney. ow.ly/7Hjg50JulPL

📢We are delighted to announce IG overnightculture was randomly selected as our lucky Home Sweet Home Instagram competition winner this morning! Thanks to everyone who got involved and who are supporting Australian beekeeepers. #aushoney #australianhoney #honeybee

In a 2nd video from our Beekeeping 101 series, Kelly from @nswdpi @TocalCollege discusses what honey products you can sell and what legal requirements need to be met before you sell your honey 🍯 youtu.be/bfnsZdFsJQo

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Introducing Bianca Giggins Varroa Coordinator for AHBIC honeybee.org.au/varroa-coordin… 🐝🍯