A bee-keeping business at Toongabbie grew from a father introducing his daughter to hobby bee-keeping during her teenage years.
That daughter, Simone Krejzlik, now runs T&S Honey, a small-scale beekeeping business providing Gippsland-based honey and beeswax products, including candles and lip balms.
“Combining a love of plants and animals to produce a great universal food product was ideal. Having the ability to produce honey how it should be was our goal. It’s honey that is not imported and not adulterated in any way, and we produce a range of Gippsland honeys,” she said.
“Latrobe City is the centre-point of great native honey sources and has a fantastic community interested in local products and willing to support local businesses.”
Simone’s customers love their honey for many reasons; some want honey for their toast, while others substitute it for sugar when cooking or baking.
The first batch of honey from T&S Honey was available just as COVID-19 hit Australia, prompting Simone to change the entire business plan from market-based sales to retail stores, wholesale, online sales and delivery.
“COVID has taught us to always be ready to adapt to the changing environment and work on the positives without getting hung up on the negatives. We’ve also learnt not to be afraid to approach other businesses in the same situation to work together or bounce ideas from,” she said.
“We are still trading online via Facebook and via our retail outlets: Gippsland Meat Wholesaler at Traralgon, Toongabbie General Store at Toongabbie, Geddes Meats at Heyfield, Timberline General Store at Heyfield, Briagolong General Store at Briagolong, and Geddes Meats at Sale,” she said.
Delivery is also available.
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