Author: Ben

Helping Heavy Hearts Australia is a wide and open land known to echo in its space and in its vastness. There’s something intensely beautiful in this – those long drives through the countryside fill me with wonder and get my

A Day in the Life: Daniel All kids have grand dreams. Some kids beg their parents for a remote-control car until they give in. Others have the travel bug from early on, and spent time plotting their life’s adventures on

Australia is a wild country. You only have to look at this cracking photo my dad took in Central Australia in 1974 to see just how wild! Poor emu! There’s not a day that goes by where I don’t think

Ben’s Bees Gourmet Honey Yes, I think about food a lot. As an ex-chef, I don’t skimp on meals, and I revel in spending Sundays and many an evening preparing delicious meals for my family to enjoy. What I love

Going that Extra Mile: Tasmanian Leatherwood Honey I love honey with a little extra punch. Honey that heals, honey that fixes a cold, honey that soothes, honey that fights off baddies. But what is it that gives some honey superpowers,

Bee Smarts: The Concept of Zero There are some concepts that seem simple, but if we really think about them, are actually incredibly abstract. These concepts can be difficult for humans to understand, let alone animals. One of these ideas

Bee Smarts: Life-Saving Indecision Needless to say, bees are smart creatures. It’s been a little while since we reflected on the very special physiological aspects of the honey bee, and with research happening in apiary around the clock, it’s important

Bee Love: Winter Self-Care Rituals Winter in Melbourne—we’re all talking about it and feeling its wrath. This year has been a particularly cold season: with nights hitting freezing temperatures, ice covering car windows in the morning, and snow in Queensland

Vacancy at the Bee Hotel I still remember the first time I saw a bee hotel. Perhaps the cutest home around, it looked like a fairy or doll’s house with a peaked roof and the most carefully arranged and packed

Wild and Wonderful: Native Bees in Australia It goes without saying, I love bees of all shapes and sizes. And although it’s beyond amazingl that honey bees have entered the popular consciousness and people are starting to understand how absolutely