Australian Honey Products Pty Ltd is a family owned and operated business, with Lindsay Bourke, Managing Director and Yeonsoon Bourke, Director. Lindsay Bourke, who has lived in Tasmania all his life, began beekeeping in 1966. After a decade and a half of producing honey Lindsay gave beekeeping away to concentrate on other business interests. In 1999 Lindsay returned to beekeeping and since then has built Australian Honey Products into Tasmania’s largest apiary and the fifth largest in Australia, with an excess of 4,000 hives. Lindsay is a Master Beekeeper who oversees the companies Beekeeping operations and product development. Yeonsoon Bourke was born in Seoul, South Korea and moved to Tasmania in 1981. Yeonsoon has been fully involved in all aspects of Australian Honey Products and is responsible for promoting the company’s products to local, national and international markets, including all required export processes. Australian Honey Products exports approximately two thirds of their annual production. Australian Honey Products Pty Ltd, established in 1966, is a multi-award winning small business of 20 employees operating under three brand names: While employed by the Tasmanian Fire Service Lindsay Bourke started his one-man apiarist business with 200 hives in 1966. Every year he would wisely invest the profits from each honey harvest into the property market to purchase a house. The real estate acquired by Lindsay over the years led him to become a leading property owner in Launceston, Tasmania. Lindsay’s enthusiasm for challenges saw him leave the honey business in 1980 when other interests, including extensive property development, took hold. In addition to owning and managing 74 residential properties, Lindsay ran his own restaurants, hotels and motels and renovated many of Launceston’s historic buildings.
