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ABOUT
Our Story
Yves Ginat began beekeeping as a teenager growing up in central France, in the medieval capital, Bourges. He extended his education and studied Organic Farming at a tertiary level, followed by working for a commercial beekeeper in the same district. After travelling to Tasmania he worked for a local beekeeper in Woodbridge before eventually starting his own business, Miellerie, in 2005.
As apiarist, Yves nurtures the bee community using organic and biodynamic beekeeping practices to maintain health and harmony from the hive to the jar. His approach to the art of keeping bees is based on biodynamic principles (including essential oils and herbal remedies) to harness the vitality of the bee’s colony. The honey is extracted at room temperature and packaged at bee hive temperature, thereby maintaining the optimum natural aroma and health qualities and our characteristic crystals.
The honey is extracted and packaged at bee hive temperature, thereby maintaining the optimum natural aroma and health qualities and our characteristic crystals.
Miellerie Honey also values sustainable practices such as salvaging timber from local properties for making beehives. This timber is milled locally, processed at the village joinery and assembled in the Miellerie shed; working locally to work globally. Each year, Miellerie provides students from local schools and the University opportunities to develop skills and learn about beekeeping through work experience. Miellerie endeavours to explore the Tasmanian landscape and wilderness for endemic floral diversity. We thank the Earth and the cosmos for providing gourmet nectars and the bees for their honey.
The Bees
As apiarist, Yves nurtures the bee community using organic and biodynamic beekeeping practices to maintain health and harmony from the hive to the jar.
Essential to the integrity of Miellerie is our trade practice of cold extraction of the honey from the comb to harness the vitality, aroma, flavour, colour and texture of the delightful nectars from Tasmanian native floras. As the seasons change, Yves continues to explore the floral diversity of this beautiful island, Tasmania