Welcome to the
Cooperative Research Centre for Honey Bee Products
Low prices for honey bee products originating from Australia do not reflect their true value as unique and pure. Endemic flora, together with regulated isolation, has created the opportunity to produce rare honey bee products from healthy bees, and develop a niche market.
This federally funded Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) will resolve industry problems that limit both the value and expansion of the Australian honey bee products industry. The CRC will also contribute to disease insurance policies to address a major global threat to our Australian honey bees.
Latest News & Events
Dr Connie Locher contributes a chapter to ‘More than Gold and Honey’ - Congratulations to Connie Locher for her chapter contribution to the German/English book, More than Gold and Honey. More than Gold… … Continue reading "Dr Connie Locher contributes a chapter to ‘More than Gold and Honey’"
Research Paper: Species delimitation, hybridization and possible apomixis in a rapid radiation of Western Australian Leptospermum (Myrtaceae) - Check out the latest research article from Rachel Binks and Margaret Byrne published in the Botanical Journal of the Linnean… … 
Research Paper: A Comprehensive Survey of Phenolic Constituents Reported in Monofloral Honeys around the Globe - Congratulations to Ivan Lawag, Lee-Yong Lim, Ranee Joshi, Katherine Hammer, and Cornelia Locher for their latest research article published in… … 
Research Paper: Genetic Variation in Flowering Traits of Tasmanian Leptospermum scoparium and Association with Provenance Home Site Climatic Factors - The latest research article from Christopher Wellington, René Vaillancourt, Brad Potts, Dale Worledge, and Anthony O'Grady has just been published… … 
UWA Media Release: Sweet rewards from honeypot ant honey study - The recent honeypot ant honey study by Cornelia Locher, Md Khairul Islam, Ivan Lawag, Tomislav Sostaric, and Professor Lee Yong… … Continue reading "UWA Media Release: Sweet rewards from honeypot ant honey study"
Research Paper: Australian Honeypot Ant (Camponotus inflatus) Honey—A Comprehensive Analysis of the Physiochemical Characteristics, Bioactivity, and HPTLC Profile of a Traditional Indigenous Australian Food - Have you ever heard of ant honey? The latest CRCHBP research paper explores the honey produced by Western Australian honeypot… … Our Vision
To make Australian honey renowned as unique and pure, and priced for its rarity.
Research Focus
The CRC for Honey Bee Products is trans-disciplinary across four programs, driving innovation within the industry to meet export demands.
Hive Sites
The hive site program will help protect existing sites, inform bee hive movement and rehabilitate land into new high-value hive sites. Australian Manuka honey will be a new product.
Bee Health
To contribute to honey bee health, the CRC will work towards future-proofing the bee industry and developing a catalogue of disease markers.
Honey Products
The honey bee product program will add value to the industry through developing honeys from known floral sources for the export market.
Chain of Custody
This program will use all the information from the CRC to develop a Chain of Custody. This will be linked to developing and testing product quality labels in the export market.
