Popular Stingless Bee FAQs
I’ve made or bought an empty box, where can I get bees from? Native Stingless Bees will always come in a box or log of their own. You can’t make or buy an empty box and then buy bees by themselves later. Empty boxes sold by box makers are intended
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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 colony loses. If your colony
MURRURN | Native Bee Project – video
A nicely filmed short video helping out native bees after bushfires. Megan Halcroft worked with the Murrurn community on bushfire recovery projects. Direct link: https://vimeo.com/715861371/66d0956757
Honey Jar Trial Update 2022
My simple honey jar trials… I set up two hives with three honey jars on each. The idea was to check the ratio of pollen vs honey from front to back jars. I’ve seen people say the jars get too
Industry Box Standard
Image: Cracking Box. Art by David Nash https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/cracking-box-259130 There is no industry standard when it comes to native bee boxes and design is a can of worms… There’s lots of people making and selling native bee boxes, registered businesses and
Pesticides, Mosquito Control & Native Bees
There’s been plenty of concerns over the years about council spraying mangrove areas with pesticides to control mosquitos and if it has any adverse effects on our native stingless bees. Dr Brian Johnson (QIMRB) and Dr James Hereward (UQ) presented their
In The Shed with Doug Irvine – Video Series
In this four part video series Doug covers various hive building subjects… Trailer – 30 seconds Video 1 – Dougs Shed Tour – 20mins Video 2 – Basic Joints – 12mins Video 3 – Finger Joints – 20mins Video 4
Research Before Buying Bee Hotels
Bee Hotels are great for providing extra habitat for certain species of native bees, but, there can be misunderstanding or misinformation in advertising about bee hotels so it’s important to do some research before buying or making one. Most native
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Pollination Box – Getting Bees in!
I recently purchased a new Pollination Box sold by Sugarbag Bees because i was interested in
Adapter Plates for different sized bee hives
Most of my hive boxes are the standard OATH design which makes it quite a
Syrphid Fly – Wasp Mimic
I noticed this hive had liquid dripping from the entrance hole. Not a good sign!
Native Stingless Bees – Tetragonula carbonaria
Updated: October 2021 We have 11 described species of Stingless Bees in Australia and more
Native Hive Beetle – Pest
Placeholder page. More info to come…. eventually….
Building & Tests
Hive Designs – Photo Gallery
All original concepts and designs by Steve – unique to nativebeehives.com Designs – All designs on
Roofs for Native Bee Boxes
All hives need a good roof… A good roof shelters the box from the Sun
Observation Windows
If you keep looking you wont be able to see! Observation windows have become quite
What kind of box should i get?
There’s so many different designs of native bee boxes out there? When starting out you
Does paint cause condensation?
The rumour: “If you paint your wooden hive box it will be like covering the
