The ‘Bee’ Blog

We have installed more bee hives! This is all very exciting, the bees are here and more are coming! We have now 8 beehives, including one Queen Bee Villa. All the beehives have [...]

Installing the first two beehives this month: they are here! Two first beehives arrived at the vineyards today. We expect to have over one hundred at some point but the two first beehives [...]

Grapevines are self-pollinators, so they don’t need the honey bees to grow, but when you see honey bees around it is a sign of a healthy ecosystem. “as bees gather pollen and nectar they pollinate [...]

Back in July, we got involved with Ratu Lestari Alami. This volunteer based effort is a CSR program of the Natural Light Candle Company here in Bali. Our involvement? Well we HAD to try and [...]

It’s in the news, we’re losing our bees worldwide. The USA have lost 30% of their bee population in 2015 and Australia 24%. Indonesia has similar numbers although the exact percentage is unknown. Why? Spraying [...]

This beautiful and remote area is where most of the fruit and crops of Bali come from. In my job as a viticulturist, I take care of vineyard research and development at Hatten Wines vineyards [...]