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.
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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).
Contact Information
Opening Hours
Bookings essential - please email [email protected]
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).
588 items
588 items
Book - Growing Australian native plants from seed: for revegetation tree planting and direct seeding
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Publication - A world without bees (Benjamin, A. & McCallum, B.), London, 2008
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Article - Honey Annual Results 2011-12 (Australian Government - Dept of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry)
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A4 Article, no cover 6 pages
Publication - National Residue Survey Annual Report 2007-2008 (Dept of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry)
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Soft cover book slightly larger than A5 size, Fawn and brown cover with photos of apples, meat, lab equipment, grain, honeycomb frame and canola crop 239 pages
Publication - Comfort to Aristeus: or, a few useful hints on the management of bees, so as to render honey and wax a cheap and plentiful commodity [etc]. (Anon). [np], Gale ECCO Print Editions, [nd].
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30 pages
Inscriptions & Markings
Facsimile edition
Publication, e-book - Mysteries of bee-keeping explained (Quinby, M.), New York, 1857
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Publication - A quantitative model of honey bee colony population dynamics. (Khoury, David S., Myercough, Mary R. and Barron, Andrew B.). np, 2011.
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6 pages.
Publication, e-book - The honey-bee: its natural history, physiology and management (Bevan, E.), London, 1827
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Publication - Food security issues for the Australian horticulture industry: AH09009. (Growcom). Fortitude Valley, 2011.
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62 pages, illustrated.
Publication - Future of the beekeeping and pollination service industries in Australia. (Australia. Senate. Standing Committee on Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport). Canberra, 2014.
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66 pages.
Publication - How to export Fengyuyi Nature's Golden Sweetener into Finland: Bachelor's thesis 2012. (Zheng, Lileng). Kouvala, Finland, 2012.
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107 pages, 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 - An introduction to our philosophy, our products and their benefits: skincare made of New Zealand. (Living Nature). Kerikeri, NZ, [nd].
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17 pages, illustrated.
Publication, e-book - British bees: an introduction to the study of the natural history and economy of the bees indigenous to the British Isles (Shuckard, W. E.), London, 1866
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Publication, e-book - A thousand answers to beekeeping questions (Miller, C. C.), Hamilton, 1917
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Publication - BeeCraft: the official journal of the British Beekeepers' Association. (British Beekeepers' Association). Peterborough, UK, 2012-2014.
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Publication - Australasian Beekeepers' Supplies. (Pender Bros. Pty. Ltd.) West Maitland, 1941
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32 pages, illustrated.
Map- Beechworth
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(3x) Map centred on Everton, Beechworth and Eldorado. Map shows Ovens River, Wangaratta- Beechworth Rd., Chiltern- Beechworth Rd., and Ovens Highway. Scale 1:50,000. Back of map white, front is yellow.
Inscriptions & Markings
Albury series R.652 (Beechworth) Two copies have towns shaded red. One copy has locations of dams marked. ca 1974-1975.
Publication - Techniques for the detection of adulterated honey. (Korth, Wolfgang and Ralston, Jean). Canberra, 2002.
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11 pages
Publication - Your National Honey Board: a new marketplace: a new vision. (National Honey Board). Longmont, CO, [2002].
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8 pages, illustrated.
Photograph, Album - Frost family album. Collection of photographs and some papers dating from early to mid-20th century.
Beechworth Honey Archive, Beechworth
Approximately 40 photographs and newspaper cuttings in one album. Original photographs dating early to mid 20th century. For private and business documents of the Frost family see Frost Family Papers.
Poster
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(3x) Poster of Peter Russell-Clarke, ABC "Come and get it" Show, standing on hill with rural scenery and bee hives behind. Title; "If I could produce a perfect health food, I'd be a bee." Subtitle; Honey a natural anytime! Also has three recipes.
Inscriptions & Markings
Produced by the Australian Honey Board
Publication - Fatty acids: an alternative control strategy for honeybee diseases. (Hornitzky, M.). Canberra, 2003.
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Honey Tin
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Metal honey tin with metal handle and lid. Front label; "Finest Honey for your daily Diet" "NET WEIGHT 3Kg" Two notices on label, first notice; "Honey is an ideal breakfast food" second notice is a general statement on use of honey.
Historical information
Honey tins were made to industry standards, and beekeepers bought tins from manufacturers. One of the largest manufacturers was Pender Bros, based in Maitland NSW. When a customer had emptied a tin, they returned it to the beekeeper when they went to buy more honey.
Publication - [Product catalog] 2003. (Mann Lake Ltd). Hackensack, MN, 2003.
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82 pages, illustrated.
Publication, e-book - Honey flora of Victoria (Beuhne, F. R.), Melbourne, 1922
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Diary by B. Kirkwood 1946- 1947
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Daily diary kept by B. Kirkwood from 16 December 1945 to 24 August 1947. At back of diary are two pages of production notes for 1936 and 1937. Book with yellow pages and black cover. Pencil and pen were used for entries.
Historical information
This was a diary kept by B. Kirkwood, one of the men employed by Frank Lebbell Frost to assist him in his beekeeping.
Publication - Eucalypts of South Australia (Nicolle, D.), Morphett Vale, 1997
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Publication - "Australia's fresh food relies on pollination by honey bees": [folder of Pollination Aware literature presented to Costco Wholesale, February 2013]. (Beechworth Honey Pty Ltd). Corowa, NSW, 2013
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1 volume, 34 brochures, illustrated.
