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https://www.beethecure.com.au/emergency-fundraiser/
Thank you so much for your support of this crucial campaign to bring bees back to heal the suffering land and communities effected by the fires.
We would like to share a little bit about each beekeeper that we are helping so that you can understand how your donations are making a huge difference.
First up Peter Vickers from Sticky Wings Honey:
Peter lost 40 of his 51 hives in late October in Darawank and was finding it hard to see a way forward.
Chelsea https://instagram.com/chelandhands?igshid=1xaecydgmr65k helped him clean up and was witness to the devastation.
We transferred $3,000 to him.
As you can see in the video here, Peter is extremely thankful for your donation.
We also helped Aspen and Peter from Midcoast honey who list over 150 hives. You can read more about Peters experiences here.
Another Peter, this time Peter Matthison from Mid Coast Honey:
Peter thought he had lost 189 hives but while he was busy fighting fires in Elands and helping others protecting their properties, he lost some more, over 230 in total.
He is a very generous beekeeper and he wants to create nucs (small starter colonies) to not only rebuild his apiary but to give to other beekeepers to help them get back on their feet.
Also a shout out to Greg Mulder (specialised queen breeder) who has offered to donate queens to create those colonies.
We have made an original transfer of $6,000 with a further $4,000 today.
Roy from Sticky Prick Honey:
Roy lost over 125 hives in fires in the Yanchep Bush in Perth.
Here is an article about it https://www.communitynews.com.au/wanneroo-times/news/support-takes-the-sting-out-of-loss/
We transferred $3,000 to him.
You can follow his progress here https://www.facebook.com/stickyprickbeehaven/
The extent of the fires is much greater than we had anticipated when we started this campaign. We thank you for your amazing support and we look forward to share stories of the beekeepers that we are able to help thanks to your generosity.
More beekeepers are coming forward and we look forward to sharing with you how you are helping them.