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  Our Wild Honey: Absolute Purity

  Tim Malfroy

  In this, our fourth article on test results, I look at how our Blue Mountains Wild honey performed in Glyphosate and Pesticide Suite tests. As we have always made a conscious effort to not only produce a pure food for human consumption, but more importantly, to limit the bees exposure to chemicals in the environment, we were keen to have our honey tested - the results were the best outcome we could possibly hope for.

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  Our Wild Honey: Healthy Bees, Medicinal Honey

  Tim Malfroy

  In this, our third article on test results, I look at how our honeys performed in Total Activity (TA) tests, which assign a number value to indicate the antibacterial strength of a particular honey. Although our primary aim is to increase bee health and resilience, we also endeavour to supply a medicinally beneficial, ethically produced honey at an affordable price to the community. Therefore, we were thrilled to discover that every sample of our honey was found to be highly active.

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  Our Wild Honey: As Raw as it Gets

  Tim Malfroy

  This is the second in a series of articles explaining the results we received after sending our Wild honey away to be tested at an independent laboratory that specialises in analysing honey. This article refers to the analysis of the HMF (Hydroxymethylfurfural) component in honey to determine whether it has been overheated during processing or storage.

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  Our Wild Honey: The Proof is in the Pollen

  Tim Malfroy

  Every now and again we send our Warré honey away to be tested at an independent laboratory that specialises in analysing honey. This year we also included a ‘certified organic’ raw honey that was randomly selected from a retail store to see how our honey compared to another brand.

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  Commercial Warré Beekeeping in Australia

  Tim Malfroy

  In this article I detail my experience with natural beekeeping and the Warré hive and explain why I feel this style of beekeeping is a viable alternative to conventional apiculture, is commercially feasible in some environments and may be a candidate for a healthier way of keeping bees.

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Tim is currently in the process of writing a number of new articles which should be published during the course of this year