Beechworth Honey Archive Beechworth, Victoria
The Beechworth Honey Archive is located at Beechworth Honey Discovery, 87 Ford Street, Beechworth, Victoria 3747 Australia. The Archive is open to the public and the catalogue of all beekeeping aquisitions can be searched online. The Archive opened in December 2014.
Links
- Beechworth Honey Historic Archive and Museum - Historic Australian Beekeeping Archive & Museum Immerse yourself in the history of Australian beekeeping in the Beechworth Honey Historic Archive and Museum. The collection features Australian beekeeping artefacts, journals and books, including an exclusive range on loan from the Victorian Apiarists Association. Guests may view items on display within Beechworth Honey Discovery, or book a research and reading session in the Historic Archive room (please note; bookings are essential).
Contact Information
Opening Hours
Bookings essential - please email info@beechworthhoney.com.au
Location
87 Ford Street Beechworth Victoria
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Beechworth Honey Historic Archive and Museum - Historic Australian Beekeeping Archive & Museum
Immerse yourself in the history of Australian beekeeping in the Beechworth Honey Historic Archive and Museum. The collection features Australian beekeeping artefacts, journals and books, including an exclusive range on loan from the Victorian Apiarists Association. Guests may view items on display within Beechworth Honey Discovery, or book a research and reading session in the Historic Archive room (please note; bookings are essential).
581 items
581 items
Publication - Traditional Irish honey recipes. (Barrett, Bridget). Little Dewchurch, UK, [2005].
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28 pages, illustrated.
Poster
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Poster of Australian Honey: Nature's Health Food. Nine copies of poster. Illustrations; honey in jar, honey bee & red flowering gum, mocha honey cheesecake, yellow flowering gum.
Inscriptions & Markings
Printer; Australian Honey Board
Publication - Flowering ecology of honey-producing flora in south-east Australia. (Birtchnell, M. J. & Gibson, M.). Canberra, 2008.
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Publication - Thomas Bolton: a pioneer beekeeper of Victoria. (Bolton, H.C.). [Melbourne], 1976.
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11 pages
Publication - Fit and healthy kids. (National Honey Board). Longmont, CO, 2002.
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1 foldout pamphlet, illustrated.
Publication - Apis through the looking glass: a close-up look at Apis mellifera-the honeybee. (Royle, Graham). Much Birch, UK, 2010.
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44 pages, illustrated.
Publication - Bee supply catalog: 2003. (Walter T. Kelley Co. Inc). Clarkson, KN, 2003.
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64 pages, illustrated.
Publication - Understanding bee anatomy: a full colour guide. (Stell, Ian). np, 2012.
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199 pages, illustrated.
Publication - The value-adding potential of prebiotic components of Australian honey. (Conway, Patricia L., Stern, Rosie and Tran, Lai). Canberra, 2010.
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30 pages
Publication, e-book - The Naturalist's Library: Entomology: Volume VI: Bees. (Jardine, William). Edinburgh, 1840.
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301 pages. illustrated (30 plates).
Publication, e-book - Advanced bee-culture: its methods and management (Hutchinson, W. Z.), Flint, 1905
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Document: interview - Interviews with Bruce Frost
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1 volume: A4 folder
DVD - City of the bees. (Moody Institute of Science). Chicago, 1998.
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1 DVD: 28 minutes.
Publication - The velocity of honey: and more science of everyday life (Ingram, J.), London, 2003
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Publication - Bee-keeping in Victoria (Langridge, D. F. & Ilton, C. D.), Melbourne, 1958
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Publication - What do you know?: everything you've ever wanted to know about honey bees, beekeeping, beekeepers and the world they inhabit. All in an easy to use question & answer format. (Collison, Clarence H,.). Medina, OH, 2003.
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421 pages, illustrated.
Queen Bee Cage
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Mesh cage stapled over wooden lid with metal strut and top and bottom metal bands. Base is larger than lid. Lid has metal cap.
Historical information
The queen bee cage is designed to hold a queen bee, and up to three or four escort worker bees. The design allows for adequate ventilation, and has a spot for 'queen candy' -candied honey- to block one end. The queen is placed in her new hive inside the cage, and once the queen candy has been eaten through -allowing her access to the hive- the hive has become accustomed to her smell and accept her. Bees could be sent through the post in this cage. Used by a beekeeper and provided by Mr Richard Diss (beekeeper's son).
Significance
The cage is significant because it was made with metal and wood. The more contemporary cages are now plastic and of a different design and specifications.
Publication - The ABC and XYZ of Bee Culture: a cyclopedia of everything pertaining to the care of the honey-bee (Root, A. I. & Root, E. R.) [1910]
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575 pages, illustrated
Inscriptions & Markings
Subtitle; A Cyclopedia of Everything Pertaining to the Care of the Honey-bee; Bees, Hives, Honey, Implements, Honey-plants, etc. Facts Gleaned from the Experience of Thousands of Bee-keepers, and Afterward Verified in Our Apiary.
Publication, e-book - A radical cure for the swarming habit of bees (Jones, H.), Preston, 1909
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Publication, e-book - A thousand answers to beekeeping questions (Miller, C. C.), Hamilton, 1917
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Publication - Mite pests of honey bees in the Asia-Pacific region. (Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research). Canberra, 2007.
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34 pages, illustrated.
Publication - Beefriendly: a planting guide for European honeybees and Australian native pollinators. (Leech, Mark). Canberra, 2012.
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319 pages, illustrated.
Publication - Native bees of the Sydney region: a field guide (Dollin, A. et al), North Richmond, 2000
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Publication - A cluster of bees: sixty essays on the life-histories of Australia bees [etc]. (Rayment, [Percy] Tarlton. Sydney, 1935.
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752 pages, illustrated.
Inscriptions & Markings
Limited edition, 1935. Signed by author.
Publication - Honey industry facts [National Honey Board press kit]. (National Honey Board). Firestone, CO, [2011].
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Publication - Pollination Australia: research and development priorities. (Clarke, Michael). Canberra, 2008.
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71 pages
Label
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(152x) Yellow adhesive label. "Beechworth pure honey produced and packed bby A. & J. Robinson Beechworth, Vic. 3kg net"
Inscriptions & Markings
"3" has had "1" written over it.
Publication - Twenty eighth annual report 1990-91 (Australian Honey Board), Sydney, 1991
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Publication - The Australian beer companion: your guide to Australia's top breweries and microbreweries. (Simpson, Willie). Prahran, 2009.
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188 pages, illustrated.
