Bees Creek is an outer rural area of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.

Bees Creek is mostly rural, with large residential blocks often not served by town sewers or sealed roads.

Nevertheless, the area is popular with those wishing to enjoy a rural lifestyle within an easy commuting distance of the city.

6 Survey Party of 1869, and named for McLachlan's cadet, Tom Bee[4] (4 July 1850 – 21 November 1919)[5] In 1915 a rail siding named Wishart Siding (also known as 22 mile, the distance from the railhead at Darwin) after a contractor who built the first rail jetty at Port Darwin, opened on the North Australia Railway was established at a site approximately 2 km (1.2 mi) from Bees Creek.

The siding served primarily as an accommodation facility for railway maintenance gangs who worked the line south to the town of Adelaide River The camp was expanded with additional accommodation buildings between 1946 and 1949, and closed with the rest of the line in 1976.

There is one government primary school located in the suburb, Bees Creek Primary School catering to students from Transition to Year 6. the enrollment is drawn mainly from Bees Creek itself, as well as the neighbouring suburb of Virginia.

Across the road is a child care centre, a facility utilised by many parents who commute to work in Darwin.

[11] On the day of the 2016 Census, 79.2% of employed people aged 15 and over travelled to work by car (either as driver or as passenger).

The Northern Territory Power and Water Corporation's McMinn Pumping Station is located adjacent to the Freds Pass Reserve.