Wildlife restoration project leads to cold fusion honey business for Sunshine Coast beekeepers

When Leisa and Tony Sams bought a farm and set about reconnecting bushland that had been divided for a century, they never imagined where it would lead them.

Seven years later, they are producing an award-winning range of pure raw honey infused with flavours including organic ginger, turmeric, lemon myrtle, rose petals, chilli, cinnamon, lavender, finger lime, vanilla beans, truffle, and black garlic.

“We actually started not because of a desire to have a honey business,” Ms Sams said.

“We did a Land for Wildlife project on our 300 acres [121 hectares] at Peachester, on the Stanley River, with the goal of revegetating and securing a wildlife corridor from our back ridgeline through to the river.