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Beehive to Table: Hands-On Honey Harvest Experience
Tour
About
Where you'll be
1325 Old South Road
Bowral NSW 2576
What's Available
12 featuresHalf Day or Less
Food and Wine Tours
Nature and wildlife
Carpark
Family Friendly
Pet Friendly - Enquire
Other tours by Bowral Honey Farm
Honey Farm Tour, Honey Tasting and Morning Tea
Love honey? Fascinated by bees and their lifecycle? Join this one-hour tour of their beautiful Honey Farm on the grounds of a historic National Trust mansion in Bowral, followed by a guided honey tasting and morning tea. You start with a tour alongside the hives: wearing a head veil, you'll be able to safely observe the activities of the bees and hear about their remarkable lifecycle. The talk continues with a demonstration showing an (empty!) Flow Hive and the workings of a modern hive. You'll hear about the remarkable lives of these at-risk pollinators and gain an understanding of their behaviours. You will then move to the beautiful terrace looking out across the dam and rolling hills for a guided honey tasting where you will taste six different floral sources of honey, each with its own distinctive appearance, aroma, viscosity, mouth texture and taste. All of this is complemented by a morning tea of fresh sourdough and leaf tea or plunger coffee.
Corporate Break Out sessions
There are two options for corporate visits, depending on budget and time available. 1 - Air Bee n Bee is the most popular experience and starts with a tour and talk about bees and beekeeping over a morning/afternoon tea and guided honey tasting. Guests will learn about the lifecycle of these fascinating pollinators and their vital role in agriculture. You then get into a professional full-length beekeeping suit (and gloves), light a smoker and open a hive with an active colony of honeybees. Guests have the opportunity to hold a frame of bees and observe their behaviours up close. 2 - Tour & Tasting is a tour, talk and guided honey tasting that takes an hour. It starts with a tour alongside the hives. Wearing a head veil, you'll be able to safely observe the activities of the bees and hear about their remarkable lifecycle. The talk continues with a demonstration showing a modern hive, followed by a guided honey tasting featuring local raw honey from different floral sources, each with its own distinctive appearance, aroma, viscosity, mouth texture and taste. Both are wonderful insights into bees and beekeeping.
Dogs Day Out at Bowral Honey Farm and Retford Park
Hello, fellow good boys and girls! They've teamed up with the dog-loving humans at Bowral Honey Farm on the grounds of Retford Park to bring you something pawsitively special. For one day only, you and your well-behaved owners are invited to Bowral Honey Farm for a sweet and sniff-worthy experience. They'll pop on some snazzy little beekeeping veils (yes, there will be photos), meet the bees, and take important notes—because they're professionals. After our buzz-tastic visit, we'll enjoy a delightful morning tea—treats for humans and something delicious for us too. Then it's off to explore the glorious grounds of Retford Park, where food trucks, coffee vans, agility courses, training demonstrations, and fun activities await. Plenty of grass to roll in and smells to investigate. Tickets include: Beehive tour and honey tasting at Bowral Honey Farm. Morning tea (with treats for both species!) Full access to the Retford Park estate and special International Dog Day festivities Only a limited number of places are available—so book your spot now, invite your human to come along, and don't forget to bring your mates from doggy day care, the dog park, or your weekend sniff-and-stroll crew!
