Apiaries | Fergo's Farm | Raw Honey / South-East Queensland

From the apiary to the extraction plant

then into beautiful bee products

At the Apiary

At present we have apiary site within close reach of our Brisbane extraction plant. Our sites have been chosen for their floral resources to give the bees a variety of flowering plants. We farm our bees from the beautiful D'Aguilar mountain ranges to the Morton Bay coastline.

Apiary A beautiful day at the Apiary.	The Smoker Bees release pheromones which trigger an almost immediate response in other bees. The smoke mask's the 'danger' pheromones so they are easier to work.
Brood inspection Inspecting the brood for pest and disease is an important part of beekeeping.	Queen Bee The Queen is looking for an empty cell to lay an egg in.
Hive Lifter A super full of honey can weigh up to 30kg. With the Hive Lifter we can manage our hives more efficiently while at the Apiary.	Capped Honey Ripened honey ready for extraction.
Our Extraction shed. In the extraction shed.	Extracting Raw Honey Drops of golden goodness.
In the extraction shed. Wax uncappings heading to the wax spinner.

Herb-infusions

There is a lot of love that goes into our herbal-infusions. Firstly we grow as many herbs as possible so we benefit from freshness and pesticide free herbs. Once picked they are dried then infused in oils for four to six weeks. After straining through muslin cloth the butters and our beautiful chemical free beeswax is added to create the wonderful nurturing balm just for you.

Growing Calendula We grow as many herbs as we can.	Healing Herbs. Home grown, chemical free healing herbs ready for drying.
Drying rack. Drying our home grown herbs.	Dried Calendula Dried Calendula ready for infusing.
Fresh is best. Check the difference, fresh is best.	Infusing herbs. Infusing healing herbs for our Artisan balms.
Healing herbs. Herbal-infusions in action.	Infused oils ready for our balms.
Crafting Herb infused oils, butters and beeswax ready to pour.

Bee products

We use beeswax, natural butters and oils that are infused with herbs that have medicinal qualities, when crafting our beautiful artisan bee products range. Tap on a photo or the cosmetic jars above to head to our shop.

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ChoppingBoardCare_edited_edited	Beeswax for sale. Beeswax is used to make candles, cosmetics etc but in most cases recycled back into the hives.
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