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Au6, Queensland Yapunyah (Eucalyptus ochrophloia)
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The honey
Yapunyah is one of Queensland’s prized eucalypt honeys derived from the Eucalyptus ochrophloia tree, meaning pale yellow bark, which grows in the Central and Western Queensland channel country. Yapunyah is light to medium amber in colour and complex yet very smooth on the palate.
It has a medium persistent intensity of warm flavour notes of caramel and toasted brown sugar with a light citrus finish. This winter honey is very quick to crystallise with a fine texture and was freshly harvested on the 1 st of September 2025 by fourth generation beekeepers from Warwick. Yapunyah honey is versatile and pairs well with breakfast cereals, seafood, salads, teas and hard cheeses. The Beekeeping
Yapunyah, also commonly known as Yellow Gum, Yellow Jacket, and Napunyah, grows up to 15 metres on average in the heavy calcareous soils of broad flat seasonal rivers and creeks among the grassy woodlands area of South-West Queensland known as the Channel Country. It is an important winter flowering tree producing significant nectar flows from small white flowers present from May through to November. Beyond honey production, Yapunyah is a valuable shade tree for livestock and a vital food source for native birds, particularly the Pied Honeyeater which is a listed vulnerable species.
Queensland apiarists rarely see winter brood breaks and will use this floral source to sustain large active colonies during the winter months when few other plants are in flower and to build essential stored honey resources before migrating hives to key pollination crops such as almonds significant distances away, commonly over 1500km. Record breaking rainfall in the Channel Country in March this year bought significant flooding to the region which continued to flow months afterwards with a secondary flood endured in May. This created the foundation for challenging beekeeping with treacherous trucking conditions pre-harvest due to a further winter rainfall mid August on these already soft river flats. |
Queensland Beekeepers Association: https://qbabees.org.au/
