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Swarm of Bees

ABOUT US

Meet Rick!

I grew up in the NSW country Town of Orange NSW,  later in life moved and settled near Newcastle in Lake Macquarie for the next 20 years or so, whereby my wife and I raised our 3 amazing kids.

In 2020 I launched The Backyard Beekeeper in Newcastle, this was after watching the impact of social media  on new beekeepers, I seen there was a need to provide new beekeepers and existing beekeepers with experienced, non judgemental support to help them with their beekeeping needs. the rest is history they say. 

 

In 2021 our entire family along with our kids and their families made the call to move up into Brisbane and this presented us with the opportunity to Bring The Backyard Beekeeper to the Brisbane area in 2022. The business in Newcastle was franchised until the varroa response unfortunately put an end to it, but we were able to be there first hand and learn a lot about its impact and how to find and best reduce the impact of its spread better in the future.  

My beekeeping journey essentially began as a child with my Grandfather having an apiary of bees.

In my later years I was fortunate to have a work college passionate about bees who insisted I take on a hive of my own, this started a passion within, so much so I completed Cert III in Beekeeping at Tocal College, worked commercially and alongside some of the best beekeepers in our industry and since moving to Brisbane  worked as the beekeeper for Covey Queens- breeding queens and we look after many commercial apiaries across Brisbane.

I get to put all that knowledge and experience into helping others getting started or educating kids and just doing what I love - Beekeeping!

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Contact Us

For any questions about our company, products, services or anything you cant find on our website but need assistance in Beekeeping,

 

Feel free to get in touch with us today. Someone from our team will be more than happy to help.

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Please be advised due to unprecedented demand we endeavor to get back to you within 3 business days.

 

Thank you for your patience.   

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