The contraversial topic of the Cadaghi – Corymbia torelliana Native to North Queensland, it’s classed as a weed in areas like Brisbane. It’s been widely used in private gardens and by councils over the years on footpaths and parks so it’s scattered everywhere around Brisbane and likely here to stay.…
Species Takeover These two colonies are south of Brisbane in the Logan area. Both were Tetragonula carbonaria last time i was there. Since then one has been taken over by the species Tetragonula hockingsi. You can see the main difference in the brood structure, the Tc species have the spiral…
////\\\\ Article under construction ////\\\\ Stingless Bees can create their honey pots everywhere within the hive but it’s commonly thought they will store their honey further away from the entrance, and place Pollen nearer the entrance. (See photo below that displays this) For “optimum” pure honey it is best to…
Everything in this hive was in great condition with no pests, a good amount of resources and plenty of good looking brood. A strong healthy colony with lots of bees. Moisture levels are normally very high inside a hive, around 70 to 90% humidity. It looked like it just suddenly…
Things don’t always go well with Native Bees or anything with nature. Sometimes we have tragedies and we can learn from them and make changes. I called this box Project Octahive. I built the box in 2015 and put bees in to it around a year later. Here’s the build…
Want to build a bee hotel this weekend and encourage some native solitary bees in to your garden? Bee hotels provide individual artificial tunnels that entice female solitary bees to lay their eggs. About 30% of native bee species will choose to nest in pithy centred canes or branches and…
Hopefully this article will get you started in the right direction. This page lightly touches on everything from Bee species through workshops, publications and clubs. As a buyer you have a duty of care, once you have bees you should keep learning how to best care for them. Which bees…
Finally i have one of Tony Goodrichs’ boxes, supplied by Melissa at Sydney Stingless Bees. These boxes are the most sold boxes in Australia and I thought it’d be good to have a look at them and try it out for myself. Update: 20/01/2019 I split a hive box and…
Getting Bees in to a different shaped box I wanted to put Bees in to some of my pillar style boxes. The standard oath box is 280mm x 200mm, while the frames I want to transfer to are 175mm square. I’ve put a clear window on top of the smaller frame…
David at Northside Native Bees is a bit of a wiz with gadgets and has built his own monitoring system. The device measures outside temperature and also Brood temperature. The information is sent via wifi to his computer then updates his website every six minutes. Below: Previously the…
Phone Box Hive
OATH Hive – with Honey Super
Skep – Sisal Rope
OATH Honey Tray Box
Treasure Chest
Square Pillar Hive
Fairy Door Hive
Syrphid Fly – Wasp Mimic
Getting Bees in to a different shaped box
Isolating the Honey Super
Pests or not?
Honey Super Designs & Testing
Summer heat and your hive
Octahive colony died!
Australian Native Bee Book
little bees secret garden
Goodrich Box Update
Stingless Bee Workshop – Tobias Smith
Bobs Honey Extraction
Solitary Bee Observation Block - order - Native Bee Hives
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Solitary Bee Observation Block Does not include bees This is a little bit experimental. Results may vary in different locations, depending on species View the Observation Block article: www.na...
Budding Kit / Observation Box - Native Bee Hives
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Multipurpose Native Bee Box This box can be used as a standard native bee box for splitting, Budding/Duplications/Eductions and also as an Observation box Standard Box with Honey Super top frame – O...