About

When we moved to the beautiful Sunshine Coast in QLD, we quickly added bee hives to our Bamboo Heaven home.

The property has 25 different species of bamboo, with some of them towering over 20m in height. There are also numerous Heliconias and Gingers gracing our beautiful rainforest space, which has made it the ideal spot for organic tropical produce - and the bees love it.

We also have shade houses full of foliage plants - in demand by local florists - and we run our wholesale scrapbooking and ribbon business from here too. Visit GreenTara to shop for wholesale ribbons and natural paper crafts.

Sunshine Coast BEEKEEPING CLASSES

We now run Introduction to Beekeeping classes on the Sunshine Coast. If you or someone you know would like to learn about how to keep bees, sign up for one of our fun and informative classes with tasty morning tea and lunch provided. We guarantee that you’ll leave confident to start your own journey keeping these wonderful insects which play a vital role in our survival as a species.

Bookings are now open for the December 2022 course.

14th January 2023 book your spot now.

Testimonial

My husband and I did the Bee Keeping course at Bamboo Heaven recently and absolutely loved it. We approached Mark having no knowledge of how to keep bees but a strong desire to learn. After spending the day learning so much from Mark (and having a lot of fun) we now feel ready to embark upon a bee keeping mission of our own. This company is professional, warm hearted and so knowledgeable. Highly recommend it for anyone interested in all things bees! C.K.

Mark took the art and science of beekeeping, and rolled it into an informative, interesting, but easy to understand bundle for the bee enthusiast. I attended the introduction to beekeeping but it was quickly evident through asking a lot of 'why does this happen?' style questions, that his knowledge an expertise runs as deep as his 30+ years of beekeeping experience. The content of the course was chosen carefully and laid out across the day in an easily digestible format. There's no better way to pass down knowledge than through the art of story telling, and Mark cleverly weaved his tales throughout the day's content, keeping an easily distracted student focussed. In this day in age, whilst we can find anything on the internet, there's something special about learning through hands on experience and anecdotes, and Mark nailed this. The homestyle morning tea and lunch, complete with freshly made (obviously with a stack of love) tomato relish and jaboticaba jam, was delicious. Capping the day off we got hands on with the bees and equipment, using some tools, pressed our own comb, and even used the wax to make some furniture polish. I had an unreal day, learned a stack of new facts about bees, felt very welcome and valued as a newbie to the world of bees, and can't wait for the next one. Thanks heaps Mark and Ali, what a great addition to the Sunshine Coast beekeeping fraternity. S.F.

Great course, I really enjoyed the day all round. Before I got there I had a bunch of questions going on in my head and by the end of the day they had all been answered. Mark sure knows his stuff.

Getting some hands on experience of making the frames and inspecting the hives was just what I needed to satisfy myself that I could do it. I now feel confident enough to start my own journey with the bees. I will be buying some hive equipment this week and look forward to starting a colony. I am excited! Stephen W.

After booking an introduction to beekeeping course with Mark, I found Mark to have considerable knowledge of Bee's. He delivered the course in a very informative way ensuring someone like myself who knows very little about bees is educated. I finished the course with a huge understanding of bee's.

I would recommend Mark's Course as he delivered on all aspects of the course. Also I would like to thank Alison for our Morning Tea & Homemade Lunch which was another highlight on the day.

Cheers

David W Scarness Hervey Bay

“ I highly recommend attending a beekeeping course at Bamboo Heaven. It was a thoroughly informative and enjoyable day.  I learnt so much from Mark, and now feel ready to get started on my bee keeping journey. It was also a pleasure to meet Marks partner Alison and enjoy a relaxing and delicious morning tea and lunch with them both, it is an all inclusive price which makes it exceptional value for money”

Natalie 

Tamborine Mountain

Sept 2020

Mark

Thank you very much for the course on bee keeping that l took with you yesterday ( October 10th 2020 ). It was fascinating and l learned SO much about bees and how to handle them and manage the hives - amongst many other things . The furniture polish you made for us is divine and my whole house smells wonderful. The course notes are also very informative and thanks for sending through the link so promptly All in all a great day and well worth the money - l would have paid that just for the beautiful food that Allison cooked up for us!!!!!!!

A thoroughly enjoyable day - I would recommend it to anyone!!!

Julie

Had the most awesome day last weekend doing the introduction to beekeeping. Mark was a wealth of knowledge, and made it fun and relaxing. Wanted to stay longer just to talk bees! Highly recommend

R.H.

I didn't look at my watch ONCE ! Mark shared his knowledge of , & 40 years experience with , these wonderful creatures ...bees. Thoroughly enjoyable , informative & entertaining AND not one sting . A beautiful lunch & morning tea with farm made jam was a bonus .No one could be disappointed.

Glynn D

A big thanks to Mark for his fantastic introduction to beekeeping course today. Incredibly informative and great story telling. Learning to make frames, collect honey, and meet his friendly bees were a highlight.

I hope we get a chance in our travels to work with bees and apply what we learnt soon.

Scott D

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