Macadamia Farm – ANBA Visit Photos
A great day out at a Glasshouse Mountains Macadamia farm yesterday with the Australian Native Bee Association. A good turn out with a few new faces. Here’s a bunch of photos from the day. It was good to hear from the fifth generation farm owner Ben talk about the farming
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Hivecraft
The new box shop! I am now full time boxes so I thought i’d try separating the shop out and make it a stand alone entity! As I now have more time to dedicate to bees and boxes I’ll be
Bee Apocalypse – Video
An excellent video from Sabine Hossenfelder dispelling a lot of the myths about the decline of bees.
Always Buy With A Guarantee!
Always buy a stingless bee colony from a reputable seller AND more importantly check there is some kind of guarantee. Either refund, replacement or remedy the situation by allowing the seller to restock the box. Newcomers to native bees might
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
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Split a Native Bee Hive – Video
There’s a few articles and videos on the net that will help with your splitting.
Overheat & mould
Everything in this hive was in great condition with no pests, a good amount of
Putting bees in to the Goodrich box
Finally i have one of Tony Goodrichs’ boxes, supplied by Melissa at Sydney Stingless Bees.
Plants for Bees
Start a Bee Garden!! … Start getting your bee garden prepared. Here’s a list of
Syrphid Fly – Wasp Mimic
Syrphid Fly – Wasp Mimic Hoverfly – Ceriana ornata. These look like wasps but you
Building & Tests
Camphor Laurel Native Bee Box
Can I make a native bee box from Camphor laurel? That questions comes up every
Brood Supports
Under continuous development – newer posts at the top, oldest at the bottom of the
Accoya Wood
Alex of Spicers Hollow Native Bees dropped in some Accoya offcuts. I plan to make
Hive Temperature Winter
Lets make another “Can of worms” chart! There’s so many variables, you can not fairly
Sensors and Data Logging
This article is about the sensors, not specific boxes or tests. There will be other
