Sticky Tips Bees

06/11/2024

🌍 Join us at the MidCoast Sustainability Centre for a FREE fun-filled day! 🎉

🎶 Live DJs from 2tlp 103.3 Ngarralinyi Radio Station
☕ Free coffee from 22 Grams Espresso coffee van until 11am
🚛 Get an up-close look at JR Richards & Sons garbage trucks
🏫 Waste facility tours
🎨 Kids craft activities with Manning Regional Art Gallery
🌱 Limestone Permaculture workshop
🛠️ Forster Tuncurry Mens Shed Inc shop
♻️ Recycling information and giveaways
🐨 Koala education
🐝 Make beeswax wraps with Sticky Tips Bees
🏨 Build an insect hotel
🛍️ Visit Resource Recovery Australia MidCoast Reviva Tuncurry tip shop
Celebrate National Recycling Week with us at the newly opened MidCoast Sustainability Centre at the Tuncurry Waste Management Centre!

For more details and to register for the free workshops, visit: https://bit.ly/48wlMDC

We can’t wait to see you there! 🎉

📍 The newly opened MidCoast Sustainability Centre is located at the Tuncurry Waste Management Centre, Midge Orchid Road, Tuncurry.

14/08/2024

More info to come, but for now - the shop is temporarily closed. I am still taking on mentoring clients this season ❤️

02/08/2024

As a lot of you know - I made the huge and difficult decision to downscale my apiary this year. The bees are still the driving force behind everything I do. They are a part of my being. I feel their hum in my chest as I go about my day to day activities. I will never not be that "bee lady".. I am still offering mentoring & education & operating the shop every Thursday but by downscaling my apiary it opened up a lot more time for me to focus on myself, my business, upskilling, trying new things and new opportunities. It's quite difficult for me to work with other organizations as their values & way of doing business need to align with mine. Rosewood Wild Therapy has always ticked those boxes and I'm excited and honored to take on this new role with them.

28/07/2024

This Sunday!!! We still have some spots left, don't miss them!
One whole day, 3 incredible workshops, lunch supplied, good vibes and an opportunity to meet other crafty people!
Embark on a creative journey at our exclusive "Bound by Hands" workshop in Port Macquarie NSW! 🦋
Join three extraordinary women as they share their cherished crafts in an immersive, hands-on experience. This unique event combines three inspiring workshops into one memorable day:
✨️ Basket Weaving - Learn to create beautiful, functional baskets with natural materials.
🍃 Beeswax Candle Making - Discover the ancient art of candle making using pure beeswax.
🌞 Macramé Jewellery - Craft stunning jewellery pieces with intricate knotting techniques.

Limited spots are available, so get in quick.
Booking details are in the post 🤗
We hope to see you there!

Love,
Chelsea, Libby & Sophia

03/07/2024

Eeek! What an exciting new workshop! Limit spots & tickets are already selling 🌿🌿

24/05/2024

On tomorrow at Nabiac Farmers Market still taking bookings ♥️♥️ starts at 10am so plenty of time to grab all your goodies and support all your local legends!

I am excited to be back at Nabiac Farmers Market this month with a beeswax candles making workshop ♥️
Light up your home, naturally - bookings can be made via email, phone or PM

08/05/2024

I am excited to be back at Nabiac Farmers Market this month with a beeswax candles making workshop ♥️
Light up your home, naturally - bookings can be made via email, phone or PM

29/04/2024

School Holiday workshops done and dusted at ♥️ Beeswax wraps were made, Candles rolled & dipped and mud brick homes built for our Australian native bees. It is always such a pleasure sharing my love of bees with our community 🐝♥️
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23/02/2024

Calling all Native Bee Keepers on the Mid North Coast!
Have you got a hive that is due to be split & you are willing to sell the split? I'm working on a project and I want to hear from you! Message me here or contact me on 0476 333 879.
Not sure how to do the split, Don't worry! We can do the work for you! ...

25/01/2024

A lot of you have been curious about why I am selling my honey bee hives, and I thought I'd better explain!
Firstly, I'm not selling all of them, I am keeping just enough that working with them becomes joyful, not work & enough to support my learning journey so that I can continue to provide mentoring. I don't know everything, they still have a lot to teach me & that really excites me.
When I first got into bees, I started studying and working with native bees - I was and am still very passionate about them but somehow I got a little lost along the way and fell heavily into the honey bee world. I've noticed when people think of bees or pollination, it's honey bees that come to mind, understandably, they are efficient little things, that are resilient and hardy and dahm they do an incredible job, but they are a dominant species that I too often see taking up hollows where native hollow dwellers could be and that just doesn't sit well with me (do your swarm management people!!!) I also think native bees are underrated pollinators. Growing up, my dad would say to me 'you're the only person you have to sleep with at night' meaning, if you're doing something or making a decision that keeps you up at night, maybe you need to re-assess. Working with honey bees is keeping me up at night. So I made the decision to put my energy and money into something that gives me a good night sleep. So, with every honey bee hive I sell, I purchase another native bee hive. I want to increase the native bee population and maybe one day, I'll even sell some. Wouldn't it be amazing to see a native bee hive in everyone's back yard? ...