Bee happy at Darkes Enjoy junior beekeeping fun this July holiday at Darkes Glenbernie Orchard, writes Jo Fahey
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extraction. We will see the bees and the queen in safety doing their daily chores. To round off the experience, after learning about the bees, the hives and honey, you will go on a tractor ride through the orchard to see a field of beehives. If this sounds like your kind of experience, jump onto our www.darkes.com.au website and go to the ‘What’s On’ page to book. Yes – you can use your NSW Discover vouchers to go towards payment on the day! 2515
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Have your kids always wanted to understand bees and how they make honey, and how honey gets out of the hive and into a jar? We have just the thing! Book to bring your child and participate with them in a 1½ hour Bee Experience. Yes, we will be working with real hives, real equipment and real bees in a safe way. This is a very specialised experience and not normally available. It’s pretty much a first for us to be able to offer this unique experience. Children will not just get up close to a working beehive. They will extract honey from frames from the beehive. They will taste honey straight from the