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Toohey Forest Walk

An awesome day with Dean Haley at Toohey Forest, Brisbane. Dean has been a regular visitor to the local forest over years and today he generously shared his knowledge, showing us many wild stingless bee

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BonnyBeeHaven – Jim Marchment

When you see Jim’s yard you can tell he’s in to a bit of everything, vegies, chickens, european honey bees, solitary bee hotels, stingless bees and the compulsory workshed for making boxes with some home

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BeeWild – Diane Norris

Diane driving her Land Rover “Lenny” which she is quite proud of, and thus provided me with endless jokes about rattly tractor engines, squeaky brakes and oil leaks, but I could be wrong and it

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Native Bee Expo 2023

The Native Bee Expo and Sugarbag Festival was organised by The Australian Native Bee Association and held at the Bulimba Community Center and adjacent parkland. It was hard to count but there could have been

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Box Builder Challenge 2022

Make your own version of Dean Haleys Honey Hive (open source) With everyones skills maybe you could improve it? You don’t need the plastic honey trays, you can use slim super trays or even design

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Macadamia Farm Pollination Project

Located in the Northern Rivers Region in NSW, this 760 ha / 260,000 tree macadamia farm is a massive new project, with Alyssa – botanist, recently joining the project as Technical Officer and is very

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Paint Tin Transfer

Stephen Fowler from Lismore NSW recently acquired this native bee box that was connected to a paint tin. The main front box entrance was closed but the bees were coming and going from the rusty

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Little Star Bee Sanctuary Workshop

What a setting for a native bee workshop! Hidden away in the hills at Missabotti NSW is Little Star Bee Sanctuary run by Steven and Trudi. With a passion for all bees they initially started

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Always Buy With A Guarantee!

Always buy a stingless bee colony from a reputable seller AND more importantly check there is a guarantee. Either refund, replacement or remedy the situation by allowing the seller to restock the box. I’d recommend

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Tough Year For The Bees

With extended heavy rain and cold periods, native bees have had it pretty rough for the last year. Foraging times have been short and food resources low. It’s likely there will be quite a few

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