We never ultrafilter our honey.

This process filters out microscopic particles, pollen grains and air bubbles. The predominant North American honey varieties of clover, lucerne and canola (rapeseed) crystallise very quickly and ultrafiltration slows this process but also removes beneficial natural pollens that are part of pure honey.

Beechworth Honey is not ultrafiltered however we have avoided calling our honey unfiltered because technically there is a gentle filtration process where we strain the honey to remove beeswax and hive debris. This process ensures the natural pollens and enzymes stay in the honey.

Beechworth Honey is 100% pure natural Australian honey with nothing added. It is sourced from the best honey producing flora across Australia – a pristine environment – much of it from remote eucalypt forests.

We do not certify our honey through an organic certification process. We believe sourcing it from Australia’s clean / green environment and working with excellent ethical beekeepers keeps our product pure and natural.

Australia does not have many of the bee diseases in most other parts of the world, for this reason we do not need to use chemicals in our hives like other countries do to control these diseases. The Australian Government National Residue Survey conducted annually for more than 35 years demonstrates the purity of Australian produced honey and its absence of pesticides, antibiotics and other environmental chemicals.

No. Never. 100% emphatically no.

We have never and would never add sugar or any related substance like sugar syrup to our honey. Our honey is 100% pure Australian honey, just like the bees make it.

As soon as the honeycomb in the hive is filled with honey and capped with beeswax it is ready to be harvested.

Beekeepers regularly inspect their hives to see when the honeycomb can be removed. Honeycomb is removed from the hive and taken to be extracted. The wax cappings are removed with a sharp blade before the honeycomb is placed in to an extractor. Centrifugal force in the extractor throws the honey out of the frames. Nothing is done to it to turn it into honey. The frames, now empty of honey are placed back in the hives to be filled again by the bees. An incredibly efficient environmentally friendly process where nothing is wasted and nature happily accepts reuse!

Freshly produced honey is always liquid but with time some varieties of honeys are more likely to candy than others. It all depends on the type of honey, the ratio of naturally occurring sugars and temperature conditions. There are a variety of naturally occurring sugars in honey including: glucose, fructose, sucrose, and maltose. But the main ones are glucose and fructose that give honey its “sweetness”. Glucose is the sugar that influences crystallisation. The more glucose in the honey, the sooner your honey will candy.

Some pure varieties such as stringy bark and yellow box take years to candy and if kept completely pure, without a hint of any other type of honey are said to never crystallise at all. Candy honey is a completely natural process that does not alter the taste or nutrition of the honey in any way. It’s fairly simple to turn your honey back into a liquid again by gently warming it. The best way to do this is to place your honey in a bowl of warm water and let it slowly warm up. Microwaving overheats the honey and doesn’t heat evenly, therefore we do not recommend that method.

Creamed Honey is made by adding a small amount of candied or crystallised honey to a variety of honey that is known to be naturally fast granulating with a fine crystal. It is then stirred slowly in a cool environment. Nothing is added to make creamed honey.

Yes, honey produced in the hive is naturally gluten free. All of our honey products, ice cream, lollies & drinks are gluten free, with the exception of our Rocky Road, Chocolate Coated Honeycomb and Nougat products.

We always suggest that you check the label to determine if the product is suitable for your individual dietary requirements.

All our plastic containers are made from PET which are all BPA free, numbers are located on the bottom which indicates the type of plastic & recyclability of that particular container.

We also like glass much more than plastic and were really disappointed to be advised by supermarkets that our glass jars were to be deleted (we don’t actually make these choices). The majority of customers wanted the convenience of a squeeze bottle. In addition to the plastic dilemma we also balance the livelihoods of our beekeepers and knowing that if our products were not on the shelf then likely they would be replaced by imported honey also in plastic - so nothing would be achieved. 

We have worked hard as part of our voluntary membership of the National Packaging Covenant to decrease the amount of plastic in our containers (to lightweight them as far as possible to reduce the plastic volume) and to ensure we use quality plastic that can be reclaimed and recycled and to encourage recycling and recycle everything we possibly can internally. Sadly though we must all push for more to happen. Coles stores have recently added our Bee Delicate, Bee Fruity, Bee Warm and Bee Bold in a 350g glass jars and we have a large range of products available in glass through our online stores and Beechworth Honey Shop so they’re still available to passionate glass advocates.

We feel it’s actually about making whatever differences we can, one step at a time.

Beechworth Honey is raw meaning it is not pasteurised. The exception is for honey sent to WA where it is a legal requirement if the honey is produced outside of WA.

Raw honey is not pasteurised or heated to high temperatures. It is warmed just enough to allow it to flow easily into jars while retaining all the natural enzymes, flavours and aromas. Raw honey has minimal processing.

Beechworth Honey is a 100% Australian family owned company with our home base in Beechworth, north east Victoria.

100% family owned with no external investors, the Goldsworthy family own Beechworth Honey, fourth generation Australian beekeepers. In fact the fifth generation is already keeping bees of their own.

We use Fastway, Australia Post, TNT & Toll.

Unfortunately we unable to send retail orders to overseas markets at this time as there are too many variables which may affect the ability of the honey or honey products to be cleared through customs. Surprisingly there are not uniform standards or import processes for honey in all countries and often requirements can change quickly and without notice. This can mean that we do all the work of producing and shipping the order and you make a payment for the order but it does not arrive. We trust that you will appreciate that we do not wish to have this happen and as a result we would prefer not to receive payment in the first place for a product that we may not be able to get to you.

All honey that goes from Eastern states of Australia into Western Australia must be pasteurised or heated and be inspected by AQIS before entry. We pasteurise honey for WA supermarket orders only. Why?
Western Australia bees have not been exposed to a bacterium (European Foulbrood – EFB) that has been found in the Eastern states.

European Foulbrood is a disease which kills bees. Infected bees can’t fly across the interior of the continent because the journey’s too far and too harsh, however the disease could reach Western Australia as spores in untreated honey. These spores wouldn’t harm you if you ate them, but if a jar with a small amount of remaining honey gets thrown away in Western Australia and the bees found it, they would take the spores back to the hive causing the hive to become infected. As disease can spread from hive to hive, it wouldn’t just be honey production that would be affected as bees pollinate a large amount of plants and crops that we rely on for food. We take biosecurity and food security very seriously so ask that our customers follow these guidelines and protect WA bees.

Aside from orders going to WA supermarkets, we do not pasteurise our honey.Therefore the following products are prohibited from entering WA - Honey, honeycomb, beeswax and beeswax candles, pollen, bee hives and used beehive equipment. Also any product that contains greater than 5% honey as an ingredient which also means our Sparkling Honey Sodas and all varieties of Nougat.

Like Western Australia, Tasmania has some quarantine restrictions on honey. Biosecurity Tasmania rules do not allow honeycomb or raw beeswax into Tasmania . Liquid and creamy honey are okay to be taken into Tasmania.

Due to this we have restricted the sale of :
-Bee Raw Honey & Honeycomb 240g & 350g
-Honey for Cheese Honeycomb, 300g & 100g
-Honey for Cheese Honeycomb 140g
-All candles

We offer flat rate shipping of $15 on each order delivered to a single Australian mailing address. Orders over $100 will receive free delivery to a single Australian address.

In just three simple steps you can create your own custom Honey Hamper:

1. Add your selection of products to your cart (maximum 7 items)
2. Add the Create Your Own Hamper box to your cart
3. At the Payment Page you will be asked 'Is this a gift?' Tick the box and write the gift note in the box provided.