Two hives on a working property in the ranges north of Melbourne.
Small batches, raw honey, no shortcuts.
One of the hives at Larnoo, near Ghin Ghin.
The hives
Two hives, started in December 2025. They sit on my uncle's property —
Larnoo — in the hills near Ghin Ghin, about an hour north of Melbourne.
The location is good. Open farmland, a creek line, and native bush
backing onto the ranges. The bees have a lot of country to work.
I'm keeping good records, checking the brood, and watching what the
colonies do season to season. The plan is to add supers when they're
strong enough and expand from there.
The honey
Raw and unfiltered. It goes through a coarse strain to remove wax and
debris, but nothing that takes anything useful out of it. No heating,
no blending with other sources.
What it tastes like depends on when it was pulled. The spring harvest
tends to be lighter and more floral — the bees hit wattle and native
shrubs coming out of winter. Summer is deeper and more complex.
It will granulate eventually. That's normal — it means nothing has been
done to it. Sit the jar in warm water to bring it back, or just eat it
as it is.
Supply is genuinely small. Two hives don't produce a lot. When it's
gone, it's gone until the next pull.
The country around Larnoo — river flats, hills, and high country.
The country
Larnoo is in the Yea River corridor — rolling country between the ranges
and the flats, with red gums along the creek and stringybark bush climbing
the ridge behind the house.
The Goulburn River winds through the landscape. The area gets cold winters
and warm summers, and that seasonal difference shows up in the honey. Each
pull is a record of what was flowering and what the bees decided was worth
working.
