Buzz on The Block

DIFFERENCE OF OPINION: The dining table custom-made for Gizzy Hard pair Amy Moore and Stu Watts did not appeal to judges on reality TV show The Block. The table was made by Beebox Honey co-owner Mike Burt. Media Works picture

The judges thought Beebox Honey co-owner Mike Burt’s bee box table was too rustic for Amy Moore and Stu Watts’s chic dining area in reality show The Block.

Moore and Watts thought otherwise. They had one already so the designer of the duo asked Burt to custom-build the second one for The Block.

Hive boxes Burt repurposes for items such as the table he created for The Block were made by “old tinkerers”.

“I’m forever culling out odd-sized boxes,” he says.

“They used to burn them back in the day. I can dig into the old boxes and make them into tables.”

Burt has a toolshed where he makes his own hives.

“I have all the tools I need. In winter I can practice my woodwork. All I know is what Sam Tanner taught me at Boys’ High. I put a linseed-beeswax mix on to the timber. It brings out the colour.”