General News, Info and Events related to Native Bees
Genomic of Stingless Bees – James Hereward The July meeting of the Australian Native Bee Association – Brisbane Branch was a little different as we were still dealing with Covid 19 restrictions. The presentation was broadcast live on Facebook, with around twelve members present at the meeting. James Hereward was…
Join in the Bee Garden Challenge! Besides European Honey Bees, did you know there’s over 1600 species of Native Bees in Australia, and 20,000 species world wide? You can probably count ten species in your own back yard! You can help by creating a new garden that benefits bees What…
Hive Haven I caught up with Ann and Jeff to get a quick update… Ann and Jeff have done a lot of work in the industry over the last few years to raise awareness about native bees and have quite a few demonstration hives at places like schools, retirement villages,…
The Bee Healthy Festival held at Canungra Qld was organised by Alex of Little Bees Secret Garden and Donna of Owl Whole Foods. Starting Friday with the main day on Saturday. The shop drew a crowd with food sampling from different local suppliers and there was plenty of activity in…
Nest Biology of Bumble Bees – Bombus sp – Flavia Massaro Flavia is a well known researcher in the Native bee community and gave a fascinating presentation to the Brisbane Branch of Australian Native Bee Association on her research on a few different species of Bumble Bees. We don’t have…
Display Tower with Removable Frames Sarah from Bee Yourself – Brisbane Native Bee Business, was looking for an observation hive so she could show her customers the inner workings of a Stingless Bee colony. We threw a few ideas around in a brainstorming session trying to achieve something that was…
Alex loves all things nature including gardening and bees of course! In 2018 Alex took the leap and opened a small business called Little Bees Secret Garden in Canungra Qld, I dropped in for a coffee and chat, …. and delivered a bee hive roof! The space is shared with…
Update Day 1: photos from the 2nd Australian Native Bee Conference in Brisbane! Starting with Indigenous dancers opening the conference, talks by researchers covering Solitary Bees, Native Bee DNA Bar Coding and an interesting look at an alien looking parasitic wasp. The afternoon brought the field trip to a beautiful…
Kupae (Max Dillon) – Kombumerri Bees Kupae (Max Dillon) from Kombumerri Bees on the Gold Coast opened the meeting with a few stories about his people and culture. His Grandmothers people were from North Stradbroke Island and talked about their traditional ways where native bees could be utilised for tools…
Design Made by Sugarbag Bees (Brisbane small business), these boxes are intended for use on farms for pollination so design and construction is very simple, keeping with the standard OATH specifications of 280mm x 200mm with only a top and bottom box. Each half is 3.1 litres making a total…
Native Bee Signs
Square Pillar Hive
Rustic Splitting Box – went psychedelic
Treasure Chest
Basic Pine Oath
Outhouse V2 – OATH
Hive Stands
Plants for Bees
Native Stingless Bees – Tetragonula Carbonaria
Honey Super Designs & Testing
Buzz Inn – Create the ultimate luxury accommodation for native bees in your backyard
Getting Bees in to a different shaped box
Budding Hive Instructions – How To
Budding – Hive Duplication Example
Romina Rader – Wild Pollinators in Australian Crop Systems
Wild Canary – Sarah Hamilton
Stingless Bee Industry looks to the future
Mitchelton Library with Tobias Smith
Bee Expo 2016 – Photos
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.
