MEDIA BUZZ
Press Coverage about Urban Hum
SWELL MAGAZINE 2019
Article: Bee Kind, Bee Ethical
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IMAGE: Zoe Lonergan
WORDS: Laura Jackel
NEWCASTLE STAR 2019
Article: Urban Hum are a hive of activity
"Urban Hum owners Kelly Lees and Anna Scobie are offering more beekeeping workshops in 2019 than ever before to cater for the increasing demand for bee education and keeping a backyard hive, and to ease the pressure on their own business."
IMAGE & WORDS: Ellie-Marie Watts
NEWCASTLE HERALD 2018
Artilce: Keeping up with bees the sweetest pursuit
“Some of the suburbs are more seasonal. New Lambton, which is a bush area, has a bigger flow for a shorter period of time. It’s not all year round like Mayfield.”
Each suburb produces unique flavoured honey...
IMAGE AND WORDS: Melinda McMillan
NEWCASTLE HERALD 2018
Honey Bee Good
Kelly Lees is the beekeeper from Urban Hum. She and her partner Anna Scobie have been operating for five years. The two did a short half-day beekeeping course eight years ago and got a hive, and it’s grown organically from then.
IMAGE: Simone De Peak
WORDS: Alex Morris
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NEWCASTLE HERALD 2016
Urban Hum seeks funds to expand community beekeeping operation
Scobie said Urban Hum services about 7.5million bees. A hive will produce 30 to 80 kilograms of honey a year. Every jar of raw honey Urban Hum sells is from a single hive, with the suburb of origin noted. The firm sells through markets, selected retailers and online.
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NEWCASTLE HERALD 2014
Urban Hum brings bees, and their honey, to the city
After keeping bees at her Mayfield home for about five years, Ms Lees launched a new venture, Urban Hum, (urbanhum.com) in October last year through which other families can host a hive in return for a share of the harvest.
IMAGE: Simone De Peak
WORDS: Greg Ray