Murray Arkadieff lifting a frame from a hive at sunset

Peak Crossing, Queensland

Queensland honey, straight from our hives.

Kept, extracted and packed by one family at Peak Crossing. Posted Australia wide, from $10 a bottle.

Shop honey Three bottles, $30

Peak Crossing, QLDSecond generationOver 1,400 hivesTen varieties a yearExtracted in our own shedPosted Australia wide

From the hives

 See everything
Three squeeze bottles of Queensland Honey, light to dark, with the new pink label (test label, coming this season)

Queensland Honey, Three-Pack

Queensland Honey, Three-Pack
$30.00
Comb honey in a timber section with the pink Farmgate Honey band (test label, coming this season)

Comb Honey

Comb Honey
$12.00
Queensland Honey in a clear squeeze bottle with the new pink Farmgate Honey label (test label, coming this season)

Queensland Honey

Queensland Honey
$10.00
Bee pollen in a shallow window tin with the pink Farmgate Honey ring (test label, coming this season)

Bee Pollen

Bee Pollen
$20.00

Start here

The three-pack. Three bottles of Queensland honey, $30.

The easiest way to find out what our bees have been working. Keep one, give two, or don't.

  • From our own hives Every bottle comes from Farmgate hives
  • Extracted at Peak Crossing Spun, strained and packed in our shed
  • Order by email for now The online checkout opens soon. We post Australia wide
Three squeeze bottles of Queensland Honey, light to dark, with the new pink label (test label, coming this season) New label Shop the three-pack

We keep the bees. You get the honey.

Farmgate Honey goes from our hives to your kitchen with nobody in between. Murray's parents, Len and Mary, kept bees before him. Today it's over 1,400 hives, worked across Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria.

Our story

The family

Megan and Murray

Murray Arkadieff keeps over 1,400 hives out of Peak Crossing. He is the second generation to do it: his parents, Len and Mary, ran Golden Ark Honey before him.

Megan Daley is an award-winning teacher librarian and the author of The Beehive, a picture book about Australia's native bees. Together they take bees into schools, from kindergarten to tertiary.

Our story Megan's book

Megan and Murray in their beekeeping suits in a paddock at Peak Crossing

Megan and Murray, Peak Crossing

Bought from us? Tell us what you thought.

We've sold at the gate and to cafes and shops for ten years, and we're only now moving online. If you've had our honey, a few words from you helps the next person decide.

We may post your first name, last initial and suburb with your words. Tell us if you'd rather we didn't.

Three ways in

01 Honey, comb and wax Honey in 500g and 1kg, comb honey, bee pollen and beeswax, from our own hives. Posted Australia wide. Three squeeze bottles of Queensland Honey, light to dark, with the new pink label (test label, coming this season) Start here Queensland Honey, Three-Pack from $30 Shop now
02 Manuka and propolis The tested line. Potency is a per batch number, published with the certificate. See the tested line
03 Wholesale and food service For shops, delis and kitchens. Price list on request, no cart. Request the price list
Beehives on a headland above the beach at dusk
Our hives on the coast at dusk.

Coming with this season's labels

Every bottle will trace to a region and a season.

Batch

FG-2609-14

Example code. Batch pages go live with the new labels: the region, the season and what was flowering.

The operation

1,400+
Hives in the ground
2016
Trading since
Second
Generation beekeeping
3
States worked: Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria

Also here

Pollination Hives into almonds, avocados, kiwifruit and faba beans, from south east Queensland to Victoria. Book early. Pollination enquiry
Education Bee education from kindergarten to tertiary, run by a working beekeeper. Education enquiry
Our story Second generation at Peak Crossing. Murray's parents, Len and Mary, ran Golden Ark Honey before it. Read the story