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| ABOUT US MIGRATORY BEEKEEPING Our company is family owned and operated. We have been keeping bees commercially for over 35 years, and endeavor to maintain natural and sustainable beekeeping practices. As migratory beekeepers, we move our beehives around the state, locating the best honey flow for our bees. This is a necessary practice for beekeepers in Australia, where an incredible abundance of nectar in one area may be followed by many years of little or no nectar. In this sense, Australian beekeepers have to be innately attuned to the geography and seasonal conditions of each region and the numerous flowering patterns of Australia's diverse flora. HONEY FLOW After moving our bees onto a good honey flow, we monitor their condition regularly. If there is an excess amount of honey produced, we take the honey back to our extracting plant where the honey is spun out of the frames. As our honey is naturally clean there is no need for excessive filtering as the honey is simply left to settle, and then bottled. We do not overheat our honey in the process, it remains completely natural - straight from the hive. MINING NATURE'S GOLD The man featured on our label is the late Camille Malfroy (1839-97), a distinguished thermal engineer, gold miner, politician and inventor. In the early 1850's, Camille, with his brother and father, travelled from France to Australia and New Zealand to search for gold. Today the Malfroy family searches for a sweeter form of gold.... nature's gold....honey! UNVEILING CAMILLE IN ROTORUA In 2007, Tim Malfroy was given the honour of unveiling a statue of his ancestor, Camille Malfroy, created by sculptor George Andrews as part of the Rotorua Art in Public Places project. The statue is located in the Government Gardens on Lake Rotorua and is part of an art fence that encloses the now dormant geysers Malfroy is synonymous with. The fence, designed by Jamie Pickernell, is a celebration of Malfroy's work and also commemorates the fissure the geysers stem from known as Oruawhata, which was used as a burial pit for Maori warriers. Malfroy's Gold would like to thank Jamie Pickernell, Kiri Jarden and George Andrews for inviting us to participate in this very important event for our family, Philip and Joce Andrews for providing us with detailed information as to Malfroy's historical signficance to the area, and everyone present at the unveiling for such a wonderful welcome to their fascinating part of the world.  30 August 2007, Government Gardents, Rotorua - Oruawhata Malfroy Fence Ceremony Collage: please click image to enlarge |
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