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LSBeez Honey on Kangaroo Island

LSBeez produce premium quality honey in the pristine environment of Kangaroo Island, South Australia.

Kangaroo Island is an ideal environment for honey production because it is home to the purest remaining strain of Ligurian Bee in the world. Their geographical-isolation keeps them free of the major bee diseases. This is important in an ever-increasing health conscious world.

Apiarist Lynne Bell and her daughter Sarah Mitchell have been operating LSBeez since 2010.

We crop 5 tonne of honey per annum and supply our honey to health-conscious retail and wholesale customers, and supply queen bees to apiarists around Australia. LSBeez also can produce both queen bees and propolis.

We presently operate and manage 120 hives, and plan to expand to 200 over the next 5 years. We also manage a further 45 for hive owners on Kangaroo Island.

Lynne and Sarah's want to return to their main focus: Breeding Ligurian queen bees that are hygienic, productive and less aggressive.

Lynne Bell's family have been farming on Kangaroo Island since the late 1800's.

WHY WE REQUIRE THE FUNDING

On Jan 1st 2016 the operation suffered a major setback with the tragic death of Renee Clifford in a car accident.

This halted our hive collection, cropping and extracting. Family and friends supported us for quite some time.

It become necessary for Sarah and her family to live permanently on Kangaroo Island, and to take on the business full-time. Lynne will eventually become an advisor and educator.

HOW THE FUNDING WILL HELP

To get our business back on track, the following assets will be needed:
1. - Property - for space for Apiary and Work sheds. Ideally it would also be our family-home. - $300,000
2. - Shed based Decapper - This machinery opens frames to enable honey to flow out easily. Currently we pay someone to do work. - $5,000
3. - 12 x Frame extractor - Spins the honey from the hives and decants into tubs - $3,500
4. - Tractor Avant 200 - For movement of hives, mowing of apiary, and other tasks to keep the property in pristine condition - $25,000

TOTAL $ 333,500

We have an ongoing commitment to producing boutique honey with Ligurian Bees on Kangaroo Island as we want to continue the work that CJ Coleman began.

RETAILERS AND ONLINE SALES

We currently have our honey available to purchase at five locations upon Kangaroo Island, and four locations in Adelaide, plus we periodically sell honey via Facebook. We also have a health-food distributor in Adelaide supplying retail outlets with our produce.

With your support, LSBeez can continue to provide our premium quality honey to more Adelaide metropolitan and Kangaroo Island businesses.

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