About Blue Hills and Their Honeys
Blue Hills Honey is located on a lovely farm in the Northwest of Tasmania, near the town of Mawbanna and close to the Bass Strait. It's right on the edge of the Tarkine Wilderness, a Temperate Rainforest in Northern Tasmania.
Blue Hills has produced unique Tasmanian premium honeys since 1955. Their honeys are made from the nectars of flowering native plants found in the Tarkine wilderness and the nearby fields and meadows of Northern Tasmania.
Blue Hills is the only apiary licensed to operate in the heart of the pristine Tarkine temperate rain forest.
Blue Hills Manuka Honey
The flagship product is Manuka Honey packaged with laboratory tested/graded bio-activity indicated on the label.
Blue Hills Leatherwood, Blackberry, and Meadow Honeys
In addition to Manuka, Blue Hills produces great Leatherwood, Blackberry, and Meadow honeys. Tasmania is the only place on Earth where the Leatherwood plant grows.
Family Owned
Blue Hills Honey is owned and operated by the Charles family, with business roots tracing back three generations.
To meet the folks from Blue Hill, please view some of our videos: Blue Hills Videos
Awards
Blue Hills has a long history of winning awards for the quality of their honeys. For details, please see:
Blue Hills Awards
Laboratory Testing
Blue Hills monitors many aspects of their honeys and they submit their honeys to laboratory testing. Recent laboratory test reports can be seen here:
Blue Hills Laboratory Reports
Certifications
There are a number of organisations that monitor beekeepers and certify their operations as meeting organisational standards. Blue Hills Honey has received many certifications which confirm the high level of quality, professionalism, and compliance with the highest industry standards. Please see:
Blue Hills Certifications
Quality Assured
Blue Hills is committed to producing quality products and providing professional service. They were the very first Australian honey producer to implement a stringent industry-initiated quality assurance program: B-Qual.
Cold Processed (Extraction)
Blue Hills Honey uses “cold extraction” at temperatures below 45 degrees C to ensure all the natural components of the honey are retained. Processing above that temperature can reduce the positive benefits of honey. Most health-conscious shoppers prefer cold-processed honey.
All Blue Hills Honeys are “cold processed”, giving you the very best of the honeys coming from “green” Tasmania.
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