////\\\\ New 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 harvest it is…
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…
I recently purchased a new Pollination Box sold by Sugarbag Bees because i was interested in the design of the box. This box is designed with the purpose for crop pollination on farms. It’s a PVC construction and has no honey super top frame so isn’t intended for honey extraction. The box is…
These instructions are based on using my Budding Kits but it all still applies if you have a your own box or bought a different type. Box Placement / Position: The bees will use sight to find their hive entrance, looking at structures around it, trees, posts, fences, bricks etc. …
Fairy Door Hive
Square Pillar Hive
Treasure Chest
Outhouse V2 – OATH
Log Cabin – Hive Duplication
Project OctaHive
Oiled Cypress Observation Hive
Pests or not?
New to Native Bees?
Budding – Hive Duplication Example
Overheat & mould
Summer heat and your hive
Native Stingless Bees – Tetragonula Carbonaria
Putting bees in to the Goodrich box
Ag Guide – Native Bee Handbook
Bee Expo 2016 – Photos
Sugarbag Bees – Pollination Box
BNBC Meeting – Hive Exhibition
Native Bee Club – Steve Maginnity
A split from yesterday, coming apart perfectly at the advancing front. You can see the Pollen pots towards the front of the hive (right) and Honey pots at the rear (left). I've placed a triple honey jar frame on top for a trial.
Fairy Door Observation Hive connected up today. (Budding/Eduction/Duplication).
Firstly i disguised the main hive with a photo of the fairy door to get the bees used to the image for a week. (who even knows if that works...it's entertaining anyway, and so the bees are off! To see the full build article click here: www.nativebeehives.com/fairy-door-hive/
6 week update for my Bee Garden, I have flowers!
Join in the Bee Garden Challenge! See all the info here: www.nativebeehives.com/bee-garden-challenge/
1. Create a new garden, vegies, flowers, any garden that creates resources for bees.
2. Grab a "before photo" and a photo of the garden at it's best
3. Post them in a reply to the "Pinned Post" on this Facebook page before December 14.
Besides that warm fuzzy feeling you'll get, there's stacks of prizes to be won. See more info here: www.nativebeehives.com/bee-garden-challenge/
*Note: post your photos in the "Pinned Post", not this one.
A fantastic presentation by Native Bee Researcher - Francisco. If you're interested in Stingless Bees in Australia and around the world this is worth the watch.
