The Great Guarantee Debate
Should sellers offer a guarantee on stingless bee colonies? It seems to be an accepted practice and even expected throughout the stingless bee community that Stingless bee colony sellers offer a 12 month guarantee on
Should sellers offer a guarantee on stingless bee colonies? It seems to be an accepted practice and even expected throughout the stingless bee community that Stingless bee colony sellers offer a 12 month guarantee on
So how’s the stingless bee industry going in Australia? Mirroring the tough times the bees have had the last couple of years, business has taken a big hit as well. With lots of rain and
Photo above: Paul and Greg splitting a hive Photos from the Hunter branch – Australian Native Bee Association workshop – 25/11/2023. This was held at Weston, west of Newcastle NSW. With 30 attendees, Tim Heard
Hidden in the picturesque Nambucca Valley NSW is a macadamia farm run by Peter and his son Tim. Tim was away working on the day Tim Heard and I dropped in but Peter was very
Held at Tocal College just north of Newcastle, this workshop was the last one for 2023. Funded by Agrifutures, The Department of Primary Industries NSW, supported by ANBA and presented by Tim Heard, these workshops
While passing through Port Macquarie Tim Heard and I took the opportunity to drop in and see Warwick who had an article published in a recent ANBA Cross Pollinator Newsletter. It was also great to
In July 2022 I wrote a short article titled “Tough Year For The Bees“. Quote “With extended heavy rain and cold periods, native bees have had it pretty rough for the last year. Foraging times
Katja Hogendoorn and Brian Cutting dropped in to check out David Anderson’s elaborate solitary bee habitat. Dr Katja Hogendoorn has done a lot of work with Carpenter Bees and is assisting Brian with his latest
Don’t believe the headlines! How much of the world’s food production is dependent on pollinators? https://ourworldindata.org/pollinator-dependence Quote from ourworldindata website… “The populations of many pollinator insects – bees, wasps, and butterflies – are in decline.
David is heavily involved with his families tropical fruit farm in Queensland where they grow a wide variety of fruit, I think they have just about everything and a few varieties of each! David is
Native Bee workshop held at Rockhampton, with over 50 people attending the workshop showing huge interest in the area and some making the trip from Gladstone. The day started with Tim Heard’s presentation on native
A few photos from the recent workshop “Managing native bee pollinators on your farm” held at Bundaberg presented by Tim Heard beside the picturesque Burnett River. These are a series of workshops held with the
Wayne has had stingless bees for over 60 years and is well known as the local native bee guy at Mt Perry Qld. Most of his colonies are Tetragonula carbonaria and Tetragonula hockingsi in 30
While in North Qld I had the opportunity to assist in collecting samples of honey, pollen and propolis with Nidhi and Tim. Nidhi is analysing samples to see which species of plants the bees are
I manned the Association table at the pollination workshops held in Mareeba and Boogan and grabbed some photos. Great to meet everyone and chat to farmers. Quote from ANBA “Thanks to Tim Heard for presenting
Just back from a trip to North Qld with Tim Heard – Sugarbag Bees. I’ll add a few posts over the week with some interesting stuff! They have a couple of species we don’t have
I visited the Qld Garden Expo today and grabbed a few pics for the ANBA website and newsletter. ANBA had a couple of my boxes up for raffle which was great and there was plenty
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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