Enbom Honeys

29/07/2026

We are away on our winter break.

Sorry if we are slow getting back to you right now. We are laying back and recharging our batteries - along with our Vit D levels!

The farmgate shop will open again from Friday 7 August.

So scrape out the bottom of your honey buckets and hold on for another week.

27/06/2026

The Varroa Mite is now throughout Victoria and as I write this post, it's still dark here in Dunnstown on Sunday morning, when most young mums are home with the family, but Millie is heading out to the bees to do another round of Oxalic Acid va**ng. Fred and Flo are home with dad. This isn't a one of occurrence but happening most days at the moment.

Every hive must be v**ed 3 times, 5 days apart to get mite numbers down to a manageable level. This is an ongoing process. Multiply this process by 1000 hives and you start to understand the pressure on commercial Beekeepers, especially as they know that despite the long hours and their best intentions many of the bees will still die.
Oxalic Acid is an organic chemical which kills the mites but does not build resistance nor does it leave residue in the honey or the wax. We use strips and va**ng because it is the most effective and cost efficient way to keep our bees alive at the moment.

Beekeeping is our passion, and despite the added workload, expense and stress to keep our bees alive, we plan to give it our best shot.

26/06/2026

As we head into winter properly, it's our chance to rest up before the chaos of Spring in the apiary.

Our farmgate shop, The Honey Drop, will be open by appointment only for the month of July.

Don't despair there is plenty of honey but call or message us before you come from 1 July in case we have escaped for some R&R!

Still open Saturday 27th June with the usual hours 9am-4pm.

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24/06/2026

Foraged mushrooms.

Pulled boxes off the hives to help them winter. Got our fair share of stings.

Time for a cup of tea and some mushrooms fried in leftover bacon fat before the drive home.

Beautiful sunset to cap off a surprisingly nice afternoon.

11/06/2026

Our farmgate shop will be open a bit late today as we have had to run back out to the bees this morning!

The Honey Drop, our farmgate shop, will be open form 10.30am until 4pm today.

Hope everyone was enjoying the sunshine yesterday like we were before the rain this weekend ☺️☀️🐝

11/06/2026

Today was a full day of picnic lunches, tree climbing, and a bit of bee work too. Due to the unusually warm and dry Autumn and the increased work load for Varroa management, we are very late to pack down this year.

We are still:
Pulling of boxes of honey for extracting,
Packing bees down into a smaller space to stay warm over winter, and
Completing our record keeping for each apiary.
The sun is now getting low on the horizon so the final task for this apiary today is to treat each hive with an organic v**e to manage Varroa Mite numbers.

02/06/2026

So true

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1Ehm8VpjKC/

Leo Tolstoy used the hive as a profound metaphor for human society and history. His writings, particularly his epic War and Peace, frequently feature apiary observations, illustrating themes of human limitation and the fundamental necessity of care when engaging with others. Tolstoy’s interest in bees was not just literary; it was deeply personal. He kept hives on his Yasnaya Polyana estate and studied apiculture thoroughly. His wife, Sophia Tolstaya, even kept diaries noting how engrossed he became in his beekeeping, a hobby that he sometimes prioritized to an obsessive degree.
In Anna Karenina and his earlier work A Morning of a Landed Proprietor, he details the daily rhythm of apiculture. Tolstoy is credited with the poignant observation: "One can no more approach people without love than one can approach bees without care."

24/05/2026

Straight into our goodies from the Heritage Harvest Market at Sovereign Hill!

Another lovely weekend market done ☺️

19/05/2026

Happy World Bee Day 🥰
15 years have passed since this photo was taken and a lot of changes have happened; we've celebrated the birth of Fred and Flo, Col has retired and the Varroa mite has arrived.
Our passion for beekeeping, the environment, and community continues.
As you put honey in your cuppa today, thank the bees for all they give us. 🙏 🐝🐝🐝