Welcome to Castlemaine Bee Sanctuary

Castlemaine Bee Sanctuary has been rescuing honeybees in Castlemaine, Central Victoria, Australia since 2013. We catch and lure swarms of honeybees and remove wild colonies that otherwise may have been poisoned. These bees are then re-homed in responsibly managed hives, adopted out to hosts within the community and used to help people learn how to become apicentric beekeepers.

We offer…

• Adopt or Sponsor-a-Hive
• Honeybee Hive Tours
• Bee-Centred Beekeeping Classes & other ways to become a Bee-Centred Apiarist
  
• Incursions With Live Observation Hive
• Private Mentoring & Urban Beekeeping Consulting
• Swarm Rescue
• Remove & Rehome Live Bees (existing wild/feral colonies)
• True-source Hyper-local honey and other products of the hive (currently available only for those involved in the Adopt and Sponsor Programs)

Our goal is to improve the environment for pollinating creatures by implementing grass-roots solutions, sharing information and increasing awareness about the benefits our pollinators offer… as well as the problems they currently face.