BEES UP TOP - Auckland

BEES UP TOP

We are beekeepers from Auckland. You can rent a hive from us and we will maintain it for you and give you the honey. We rescue bee swarms for free before the exterminator is called in.

Did you know that a bee only makes 1/4 of a teaspoon of honey in its lifetime!!! 🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻With your help we can grow more food (nectar) for bees! Last week free seedbombs were dropped at the #bethells & #kumeu Community Pantries. Another drop is happening this week! If you would like free seedbombs then like @beesuptop and tag yourself, friends or communities below to remind us where to drop seedbombs next! #freeseedbombs #foodforbees #rescuebees #beesuptop

We are excited to announce a great new collaboration between @lavenderhillnz and BEES UP TOP 💜

Lavender Hill will soon be hosting some of our beautiful hives and friendly bees among the lavender fields and creating delicious lavender honey from their natural, spray-free lavender 🐝💜 The honey will be available from both Bees Up Top and the Lavender Hill farm shop later in the season! #lavenderhoney #beesuptop

Today we taught school kids that they can become beekeepers when they leave school at the @masseyhighschool career day! We rolled 5000 seedbombs with the kids too!!!! That’s soooo much more food for bees!! Yuss! #becomeabeekeeper #beesuptop

Healthy baking tip: To replace 1 cup of white sugar you can substitute it for 3/4 cup honey! 👩‍🍳👨🏽‍🍳 📷 @t_creed #healthybaking #rawhoney #beesuptop

OMG! How cute is Claude! He got a beehive for his bee day 🎈 We installed rescue bees on the roof of his house🏠 He’s been a keen beekeeper for a few years now and he has all the gear, even a mini hive tool! He’s def no first timer, knows his stuff and gave me a run for my money! Can’t wait to visit him next month!!! #becomeabeekeeper #rescuebees #beesuptop #auckland

Nice one nature! 👌Natural comb built by the bees #honeycomb #beesuptop

This September is @beeawaremonthnz & we are giving away FREE SEEDBOMBS so that you can grow more bee food in your garden!! 🌻🌻🌻We will be dropping buckets of bombs off to Community Pantries around @auckland.nz .If you would like us to drop some at yours, then like @beesuptop and tag your Community Pantry below! We will try our best to get to them all! Let's BOMB AUCKLAND! 🐝💛🌻

This Sunday at the @kumeumarket we are setting up a FREE seedbomb rolling station! Kids can roll their own seedbombs and take them home to bomb their backyard! That's more Spring flowers for your garden and more food for bees! Pop in and get your hands dirty and help feed the bees. Kumeu Showgrounds 9-2pm #seedbombs #kumeumarket #feedthebees #rescuebees #beesuptop

This Friday you can try our full range of honey at @commonsenseorganics, Mount Eden🍯 We are hosting a tasting from 11-2pm😊🌿 Taste honey from all over #auckland or come chat bees! 🐝🍯 #commonsenseorganics #mounteden #tasting #rawhoney #rescuebees #beesuptop #auckland

Can you see the difference between the brood (baby bees) & honey? 🍯 📷 @joelmcdowell #rescuebees #littlesouls #beesuptop

August is the month to plant Lavender in your garden to attract more bees to your backyard. We teach kids that "bees love blue flowers best"💙 It's actually a really good way to remember what to plant. Bees love blue and purple flowers like Rosemary, Borage, Thyme, Salvia and Asters 💙💜💙💜💜💙💙💜💙💜💙#rescuebees #plantforbees #beesuptop #auckland

Trusty old girl 💨 #beesuptop #auckland

When buying your first hive its really important to buy from a beekeeper that you trust because if you buy a dud your hive will fail in its first year! We are selling 5 frame hives this year (nucs) that have strong Italian queens, have been treated for Varroa, have pollen and honey stores and full of bees. We are registered beekeepers and have our DECA certification. Message us if you would like a strong healthy hive to take you into the honey flow this year! #healthybeehive #strongbeehive #honey #pollen #nuc #beesuptop #auckland

The fuel in the smoker's burner smoulders slowly because there is only a small amount of oxygen inside, until a squeeze of the bellows provides a blast of fresh air. In this way the fuel is used more sparingly than in an open pan, and one load of fuel may last for several hours! 📷 @joelmcdowell #beekeeping #beesmoker #rescuebees #beesuptop #auckland

Our beekeeping classes are starting up again soon! Alastair & Jessie bring you day of hands on learning at the Bethells Beach Bee Sanctuary with lunch included. Send us a DM if you or someone your know would like to book onto the next course #becomeabeekeeper #beesuptop #auckland

If you clients have been nice this year, then gift them with raw, unheated, pure, ethical rescue honey from Bees Up Top! It's a fab way to support a small NZ business doing their best for the bees because all proceeds go back into rescuing & re-homing more bees 🏠 🐝 Warm fuzzies all round! If you would like to personalise your label with a special message we can do that too. (just touch base with us now) We are taking orders now for Christmas. Drop is a line via our contact page on our website. www.beesuptop.co.nz 😊 www.beesuptop.co.nz #christmasgifts #clientgifts #rawhoney #beesuptop #auckland

The boys are back in town!!!! We have been seeing a few Drone bees (males) in the hives this week!!! That means the bees are thinking about swarming...EEKKKK! That's really early in the season, it must be this mild Winter Auckland is experiencing this year! This is really important so please spread the word to help save the bees....If you find a swarm this Spring/Summer please DON'T CALL THE EXTERMINATOR, @beesuptop and we will rescue it for FREE! 💛🐝 #savethebees #rescuebees #callusnottheexterminator #beesuptop #auckland