{"id":234,"date":"2021-09-18T01:26:35","date_gmt":"2021-09-18T01:26:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tasmaniaseo.com.au\/?page_id=234"},"modified":"2025-03-14T17:14:50","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T06:14:50","slug":"bhh-process","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/truffle.net.au\/my\/about-blue-hills-honey-our-farm\/bhh-process\/","title":{"rendered":"The Blue Hills Honey Process"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Happy bees in a healthy, natural environment produce far more honey than they need.
Other than caring for our bees \u2013 making sure they have access to an abundance of flowers \u2013 our job is simply to remove the surplus honey they make; pack it; and ship it.\u00a0All with minimal handling and, of course, free of any additives.<\/p>

\u201cWe make sure that our customers receive our honey, exactly as the bees produced it.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>

Blue Hills Honey is a 100% natural product: as such, it contains no additives. Made entirely by our European honeybees (Apis mellifera), Blue Hills honey is sourced from the nectar of Tasmanian flowers. This natural process has amazed scientists for centuries; it remains a keen subject of research, particularly in relation to honey\u2019s reputed health benefits. You can learn more about \u201cthe wonderful world of honey\u201d on the Australian Honeybee Industry Council website.<\/p>

It takes a special kind of person to become a beekeeper. Notwithstanding the occasional bee-sting and long days of hard work, beekeepers must be at one with their bees and the environment. This unity is needed by beekeepers in making the right decisions about where and when to move their beehives.<\/p>

Blue Hill\u2019s team of dedicated beekeepers cares for some 2000\u00a0hives, which are best managed as several smaller lots.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Breeding Queen Bees
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Our Family\u2019s Factory<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Blue Hill\u2019s factory is located at Mawbanna on the outskirts of the Tarkine forest in northwest Tasmania. This region contains significant areas of wilderness including some of the world\u2019s most fertile meadows.<\/p>\n

The high-quality of Blue Hills honey also reflects our philosophy and approach to processing; it\u2019s \u00a0all about minimising disruption to deliver honey as pure and as natural as our bees intended.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Drawn from hives as it was in ancient times. With this in mind, our factory\u2019s centrifuge \u2013 simply and smoothly \u2013 separates most of the beeswax leaving the honey to settle overnight into tanks. Thereafter, this perfectly pure honey is then decanted into storage drums. After sixty years of steady growth, and depending on the season, our family factory can now naturally extract some 10 tonnes of honey per day.<\/p>\n

Throughout this minimalist processing, we take care to maintain the temperature of the honey below 45\u00b0C; this helps preserve even the most delicate flavours and aromas.<\/p>\n

Our focus on quality led to Blue Hills being the first Australian honey producer to implement the honey industry\u2019s B-QUAL quality assurance program. Our modern, quality controlled factory and processes pass several rigorous audits every year, ensuring compliance with the following standards:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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