'The life of bees is like a magic spring. The more one lets it run, the more abundantly it flows...'
The Dancing Bees, Karl Von Frisch, 1927
AUSTRALIAN WILD HONEY
From our bee-friendly Warré hives situated in the Blue Mountains wilderness and high altitude woodlands of the Central Ranges
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Welcome
Malfroy's Gold is a natural beekeeping company specialising in producing pure varieties of Wild honey and honeycomb harvested from bee-friendly Warré hives. Our apiaries are located in the world heritage listed Blue Mountains and woodland forests of the Central Tablelands, NSW, Australia.
Our natural beekeeping practices surpass the national organic and international Demeter biodynamic guidelines for apiculture. We call our honey ‘Wild’ for this reason, as it is produced in an entirely natural way; by wild bees in a wild environment. Our Wild honey is produced from 100% natural comb, is chemical free, has high medicinal activity, is unheated and rich in bee bread (pollen).
We attempt at all times to operate a sustainable business, developed out of love and respect for the Natural world and for the ‘daughters of light’.
Thank you for visiting,
Tim and Emma Malfroy
WILD HONEY ~ RAW ~ UNHEATED ~ UNFILTERED ~ BIO-ACTIVE ~ CHEMICAL AND GLYPHOSATE FREE ~ GLUTEN FREE
Testimonials
photo © Peter Gilmore
Tim Malfroy produces some of the world’s best honey in the pristine world heritage Blue Mountains of Australia. Malfroy’s honey is a great representation of the terroir of the Blue Mountains with its complex flora and pure environment. The depth of flavour is amazing; this honey is something special.
— Peter Gilmore, Sydney
Executive Chef, Quay, The Rocks and Bennelong, Opera House, Sydney
photo © Oncore by Clare Smyth
It’s exceptional, the flavour is just unlike anything.
— Clare Smyth, London/Sydney
Oncore, Crown Casino, Sydney and Core, London | Recipient of the World’s Best Female Chef Award
photo © Wildflower Brewing & Blending
There is honestly no food I can think of that has intrigued, surprised and inspired me more than Tim and Emma’s Post Brood polyflora honey. A product of patience, respect for nature and sheer determination to an idea, my family has become obsessed with it...
— Topher Boehm, Sydney
Wildflower Brewing and Blending
photo © Lennox Hastie
Tim Malfroy is the bee whisperer, passionately producing world-class honey that captures the true terroir of the Blue Mountains; full of integrity and the most incredible flavour.
— Lennox Hastie, Sydney
Co-owner and Head Chef, Firedoor, Surry Hills
photo © Media Week
Tim Malfroy produces liquid gold. His honey has such a unique flavour and texture, with each jar telling a story of passion. The bees are cared for among the flora and fauna in the Blue Mountains and it shows. Malfroy's Gold honey is top of the class.
— Matt Moran, Sydney
Australian Restaurateur and Chef
Matt Moran Restaurants
photo © Ross Lusted
It is rare in our industry that we find a product that is transformative. Malfroy’s honey is Australia’s wild essence captured in a jar, unfiltered, unadulterated, exquisite. A single vision of one man who goes into the most remote areas of our beautiful land to capture what only nature can do. For me, a most extraordinary journey.
— Ross Lusted, Sydney
Owner and head Chef, Woodcut, Crown Casino
photo © Tawnya Bahr
A treasure for the bees.
He is an educator with spirit, drive and soul!— Costa Georgiadis, Sydney
Gardening Australia, ABC
photo © Monty & Jaci Koludrovic
Sometimes a great product is just a great product… and that is cool. Other times there is a true sense of the life and story of a product within. A different type of connection. Malfroys Gold somehow captures the magic of Tim’s knowledge, love and effort, right there in the jar. Its as much a pleasure eating and working with this amazing product as it is to continue to learn about the incredible process used to create such beautiful honey.
— Monty Koludrovic (Executive Chef) and Jaci Koludrovic (Pastry Chef), USA Botanical Group USA (Ex Icebergs Dining Room, Sydney)
photo © Milkwood Permculture
Tim Malfroy is an inspiration - from the ethics he upholds in his beekeeping to how he tirelessly advocates for the bees when talking to customers or students. It's been a pleasure and a privilege to work with Tim, we love how people come away from his conversations infused with not just knowledge but also the awe and the poetry of honeybees. When you buy Malfroy's Gold you're not just purchasing award-winning honey, you're supporting abundance - for both your family's health, and for the bees health, too.
— Kirsten Bradley, Tasmania
Permaculture Educator, Co-Owner
Milkwood Permaculture
photo © Mike McEnearney
The honeycomb regularly features on my menus. A favourite is a chunk of Malfroy’s Gold honeycomb just cut from the frame with Roquefort cheese. A match made in heaven.
— Mike McEnearney, Sydney
Owner and head chef, Kitchen by Mike
photo © Eric Tourneret
This exceptional honey is a true gustatory experience.
— Eric Tourneret, France
The Bee Photographer
Golden Age of Honey Mask (made with Malfroy's Gold Wild Honey) photo © Lepaar Wholistic Skincare
There’s gold, and then there’s Gold. Emma + Tim's beeswax really is something else entirely. A honey fragrant song of Blue Mountains country, dense golden bars of goodness still vibrating with sounds of the bush... Thank you both, always, for letting us use your precious beeswax, it truly is my holy grail.
— Johanna + Christo Everigham,
Kangaroo Valley
Lepaar
photo © Good Food (supplied)
I got a taste of your fantastic honeys!! Barbara gave me some to sample and of course I took them with me to Istanbul. They were all great!...
— Mehmet Gurs, Turkey
Founding partner and Chairman of the Executive Board, Istanbul Food and Beverage Group
Testimonials
photo © Lennox Hastie
Tim Malfroy is the bee whisperer, passionately producing world-class honey that captures the true terroir of the Blue Mountains; full of integrity and the most incredible flavour.
— Lennox Hastie, Sydney
Co-owner and Head Chef, Firedoor, Surry Hills
photo © Media Week
Tim Malfroy produces liquid gold. His honey has such a unique flavour and texture, with each jar telling a story of passion. The bees are cared for among the flora and fauna in the Blue Mountains and it shows. Malfroy's Gold honey is top of the class.
— Matt Moran, Sydney
Australian Restaurateur and Chef
Matt Moran Restaurants
photo © Peter Gilmore
Tim Malfroy produces some of the world’s best honey in the pristine world heritage Blue Mountains of Australia. Malfroy’s honey is a great representation of the terroir of the Blue Mountains with its complex flora and pure environment. The depth of flavour is amazing; this honey is something special.
— Peter Gilmore, Sydney
Executive Chef, Quay, The Rocks and Bennelong, Opera House, Sydney
photo © Oncore by Clare Smyth
It’s exceptional, the flavour is just unlike anything.
— Clare Smyth, London/Sydney
Oncore, Crown Casino, Sydney and Core, London | Recipient of the World’s Best Female Chef Award
photo © Ross Lusted
It is rare in our industry that we find a product that is transformative. Malfroy’s honey is Australia’s wild essence captured in a jar, unfiltered, unadulterated, exquisite. A single vision of one man who goes into the most remote areas of our beautiful land to capture what only nature can do. For me, a most extraordinary journey.
— Ross Lusted, Sydney
Owner and head Chef, Woodcut, Crown Casino
photo © Tawnya Bahr
A treasure for the bees.
He is an educator with spirit, drive and soul!— Costa Georgiadis, Sydney
Gardening Australia, ABC
photo © Wildflower Brewing & Blending
There is honestly no food I can think of that has intrigued, surprised and inspired me more than Tim and Emma’s Post Brood polyflora honey. A product of patience, respect for nature and sheer determination to an idea, my family has become obsessed with it...
— Topher Boehm, Sydney
Wildflower Brewing and Blending
photo © Monty & Jaci Koludrovic
Sometimes a great product is just a great product… and that is cool. Other times there is a true sense of the life and story of a product within. A different type of connection. Malfroys Gold somehow captures the magic of Tim’s knowledge, love and effort, right there in the jar. Its as much a pleasure eating and working with this amazing product as it is to continue to learn about the incredible process used to create such beautiful honey.
— Monty Koludrovic (Executive Chef) and Jaci Koludrovic (Pastry Chef), USA Botanical Group USA (Ex Icebergs Dining Room, Sydney)
photo © Milkwood Permculture
Tim Malfroy is an inspiration - from the ethics he upholds in his beekeeping to how he tirelessly advocates for the bees when talking to customers or students. It's been a pleasure and a privilege to work with Tim, we love how people come away from his conversations infused with not just knowledge but also the awe and the poetry of honeybees. When you buy Malfroy's Gold you're not just purchasing award-winning honey, you're supporting abundance - for both your family's health, and for the bees health, too.
— Kirsten Bradley, Tasmania
Permaculture Educator, Co-Owner
Milkwood Permaculture
photo © Mike McEnearney
The honeycomb regularly features on my menus. A favourite is a chunk of Malfroy’s Gold honeycomb just cut from the frame with Roquefort cheese. A match made in heaven.
— Mike McEnearney, Sydney
Owner and head chef, Kitchen by Mike
photo © Eric Tourneret
This exceptional honey is a true gustatory experience.
— Eric Tourneret, France
The Bee Photographer
Golden Age of Honey Mask (made with Malfroy's Gold Wild Honey) photo © Lepaar Wholistic Skincare
There’s gold, and then there’s Gold. Emma + Tim's beeswax really is something else entirely. A honey fragrant song of Blue Mountains country, dense golden bars of goodness still vibrating with sounds of the bush... Thank you both, always, for letting us use your precious beeswax, it truly is my holy grail.
— Johanna + Christo Everigham,
Kangaroo Valley
Lepaar
photo © Good Food (supplied)
I got a taste of your fantastic honeys!! Barbara gave me some to sample and of course I took them with me to Istanbul. They were all great!...
— Mehmet Gurs, Turkey
Founding partner and Chairman of the Executive Board, Istanbul Food and Beverage Group
Product Collections
NATURAL BEEKEEPING ~ ABOUT WILD HONEY
How we Produce our Wild Honey products
Natural beekeeping with Warré hives results in healthy bees and genuinely ethical and sustainable honey.
WILD HONEY
We call our honey ‘Wild’ as it is produced in an entirely natural way; by wild bees, in wild-type Warré hives, in a wild environment. We keep our bees in a bee-friendly manner for ethical reasons and believe the health and well-being of our bees greatly improves the quality, purity and nutritional integrity of the honey. Our Wild honey has been awarded multiple Gold Medals at the .delicious Produce Awards, is championed by some of Australia’s leading chefs and has a different flavour, texture and composition to conventionally produced honey.
NATURAL BEEKEEPING
Natural Beekeeping aims to provide for the needs of the bee colony above that of the beekeeper. It is a holistic approach based on respect and love for the bee colony. Bee-centric apiculture attempts to mimic how bees have thrived for millions of years without the aid of a keeper. Traditional/pre-industrial methods are combined with findings from modern scientific research to improve bee health, limit impact on the environment and provide the community with a medicinal food.
HEALTH BENEFITS
Our Wild honey is rich in bee bread and propolis, giving the honey a deep and complex flavour profile, unique texture and high medicinal activity. Our bioactive Post Brood Wild Honey contains more than 144 times the amount of pollen found in organic ‘raw’ honey and has a TA rating of 26+. Bee bread contains hundreds of species of beneficial bacteria and aids in gut health. Propolis is made by the bees from the kino (resin) exuded by the unique plants of the Blue Mountains world heritage area and is proven to be antibacterial and antiseptic.
WARRÉ HIVES
Natural Beekeeping often leads to a complete re-thinking of conventional beekeeping management and hive design. The concept of an alternative style of apiculture that is bee-friendly and ethical resonated with us as our focus has never been on intensive honey production. Since 2009 we have pioneered the use of the bee-friendly Warré hive in Australia, adapting the design and methods for our conditions. The Warré hives we make are built from local salvaged timber and are designed to mimic a tree hollow, the perfect home for a honeybee colony.
MEDIA ~ AWARDS ~ SOCIAL
AWARDS, NEWS AND RECOGNITION
Our wild honey and honeycomb is highly regarded and is used by some of the finest restaurants and hotels in Australia.
Clare SmythVisits
Clare Smyth is using our wild honey at her acclaimed new restaurant Oncore in Sydney. She and her team graced us with a visit to our bees in the Blue Mountains!
Malfroy's Gold on MasterChef
Our Wild Honey was selected as one of two featured ingredients for the Service Challenge with Clare Smyth, was picked by the judges for the final MasterClass and used in the Pressure Test with Donato Toce too!
Our Wild Honey was selected as one of two featured ingredients for the Service Challenge with Clare Smyth, was picked by the judges for the final MasterClass and used in the Pressure Test with Donato Toce too!
Tim on Plat du Tour
Tim was honoured to chat with Guillaume Brahimi about our award winning Blue Mountains Post Brood Wild Honey on Guillaume's popular SBS food program.
Tim was honoured to chat with Guillaume Brahimi about our award winning Blue Mountains Post Brood Wild Honey on Guillaume's popular SBS food program.
Our Blue Mountains Post Brood Wild Honey has been awarded a delicious. Gold Medal for the third year in a row and Tim was awarded the National Trophy for most Outstanding Artisan!
Malfroy's Gold has won the National Trophy in the "From the Earth" category at this year's delicious Harvey Norman Produce Awards!
The Morning Show
Malfroy's Gold Blue Mountains Post Brood Polyflora Wild Honey featured in Phoebe Wood's Scandi Pav
Malfroy's Gold Blue Mountains Post Brood Polyflora Wild Honey featured in Phoebe Wood's Scandi Pav
Tim shared his experiences as a pioneering Natural Beekeeper and his Wild Honey with this Powerhouse event's audience members at Stix Farm
Post Brood Honey @ Quay
Malfroy's Gold used in Peter Gilmore’s incredible Post Brood Honey Bee and Anatomy of a Dish at Quay, Sydney
Malfroy's Gold Wild Honey used in Peter Gilmore's incredible Post Brood Honey Bee and Anatomy of a Dish at Quay, Sydney
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