Captured beautifully by Kate MacRae
Installation of “Armish Hood” on open air hive
Expert tree cut-out – Bee Removals Vic
WBFS at the Macedon Ranges Sustainability Festival 3rd March 2018
WBFS Bee-handling day on 15th October 2017
Honey harvest photos
Honey tasting on 19th March, 2017
Members of WBFS bring samples of the honey that they harvested this season so that we could experience the wide variation of colours, tastes, aromas, and textures.
The Honey-Bubble Caravan is restored
Sausage Sizzle at Woodend Farmers’ Market on 3rd Sept, 2016
Inspecting a hive at Pauline’s place
David and Pauline inspected a hive at Pauline’s place and were very pleased to see that the honey production is going along nicely.
WBFS meets 2nd woodend scouts
Emma and David were invited last night to help with theme of bees and the environment at the 2nd Woodend Scouts. The kids got to taste lots of different honeys and learn how to use smokers properly too.
Moving jim’s honey extraction caravan to matty’s for restoration
Last Saturday, Em, Paul, and David went to transport Jim’s honey extraction caravan to Matty B’s place where it will be housed in a large shed during restoration. The cost of restoration will be met from the proceeds of the Sausage Sizzle we had at the Woodend Farmers’ Market in July.
Sausage Sizzle at Woodend Farmers’ Market 4 July 2015
Honey Tasting and Mead Making 21 June 2015
Today we celebrated our harvests with several members bringing samples of their honey and mead. We also had guest, Kim Strong, talk about mead making.
Harvesting Christine’s hive 20 Feb 2015
A group from the Woodend Bee-Friendly Society helped Christine harvest her hive on a suburban block in Romsey. She ended up with 23kg of glorious honey from 12 frames. Thanks to Colin for showing Christine how it is done; thanks to Ross for taking the pictures.
Samantha inspecting her hives
Practical Beekeeping Session with Jim Sansom – 16th Nov 2014
David and Christine inspecting a NUC
Christine and David inspecting a nuc