It started in the family’s backyard, when Melbourne’s Backyard Honey beekeepers, Peter and Jane Dyer, realised that while many people dreamed of having beehives and harvesting their own pure raw unheated honey, they often did not have the time or apiary experience required.
Inspired by this, Peter and Jane Dyer pursued their beekeeping passion and developed Backyard Honey, an innovative Melbourne urban beekeeping business to:
- Sell & maintain healthy beehives
- Harvest raw local honey and beeswax
- Supply beekeeping equipment and services
- Perform swarm removal in Melbourne, Bayside, Stonnington and Boroondara
- Raise positive community pollinator awareness
- Positively impact on local bio-diversity
- Improve the pollination of local gardens
In 2021, Peter and Jane handed over the business to Henry and Mary who are excited to inspire the next generation of beekeepers and uphold the values that Backyard Honey was built on. Backyard Honey encourages you to Bee Local, supporting our local pollinators and beekeepers at a time when we need it most.
All honey is available in 330g pots and on the side label of each pot you can see where the honey is gathered from – see full range here and find your local stockist. We offer three main varieties of honey:
Melbourne Multifloral Honey
The taste, flavour, consistency and colour of Backyard Honey’s pure raw unheated multi-floral Melbourne honeys reflect the floral abundance and landscape seasonality of Melbourne gardens. Each hive and Season produces a unique, small batch honey that is then tripled strained by our Bee Team to deliver a premium quality honey. On the side of each pot, you’ll find when and where the honey was extracted from with over 15 suburbs to choose from in addition to all up Gardens of Melbourne blend.
Victorian Multifloral Honey
The taste, flavour, consistency and colour of Backyard Honey’s pure raw unheated multi-floral regional Victorian honey reflect the floral abundance and landscape seasonality of Victoria’s remnant indigenous foothill forests and woodlands.
Victorian Varietal Honey
The distinctive flavour, colour and consistency of our seasonally available Victorian varietal honeys reflect the unique climate, nectars and pollens of the river flats, orchards, ranges and forest location of each varietal’s origins:
– Messmate Forest Varietal: Rich, robust and a hint of roasted hazelnut
– Red Gum Forest Varietal: Luscious, smooth with hints of spice
– Yellow Gum Forest Varietal: Golden Aussie family classic
– Citrus Grove Varietal: Aromatic, bursting with light summer citrus zest
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