General News, Info and Events related to Native Bees
Greg’s Native Stingless Bees Greg loves his bees, and his logs… …He might have a thing for Fairy Houses on his hives as well! When I visited Greg’s Native Stingless Bees at Brighton just north of Brisbane he was eager to show me the interesting log hives he has scattered…
Tim Heard and his offsider Lachlan pictured extracting stingless bee honey and taking a small sample for Dean Haley who is collecting samples for various quality tests on behalf the Australian Native Bee Association. If you’d like to submit your honey for testing, talk to Dean before you start so…
Matthew Middleton held a native bee workshop today where he shared his many years of knowledge. Matthew limits the attendee numbers so it’s quite an intimate gathering where you are immersed in spirituality of it all with story telling, didgeridoo playing, damper and tea. Matthew showed us around his fantastically…
Goodrich box receives an update for 2020 New clear viewing window There’s a few updates for the box actually. While basically the same box design, there’s now a clear viewing window on top as pictured above. The round hole is for the honey jar which you can add later once…
There seems to be a surge in the popularity for Stingless Bees this year. Suppliers have long waiting lists and we’ve seen plenty of new people coming in to the online community chasing colonies. Here’s some simple tips for new comers… Native Stingless Bees will come in a box already.…
Alex of Little Bees Secret Garden teamed up with Bill at Tullamore Farm for a day of Native Bee education. Tullamore Farm is just past Beaudesert Qld. Since purchasing the property in 2014 Bill has done a lot of work building structures and gardens with the intent to be fully…
This is the new Observation Box from Sugarbag Bees in Brisbane. Tim Heard has been testing the design out for a while now, with the full hive pictured here being two years old and is going well. It’s currently connected up to another empty one for Budding/Eduction. Observation hives are…
Genomics 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…
The Bee Garden Competition was a great success with 46 entries submitting 125 photos. 18 businesses happily and enthusiastically donated well over $1000 worth of their products as prizes for the competition. The main objectives for the competition were to create new resources for native bees, but possibly equally important, to create…
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,…
Rebated Cypress OATH
Phone Box Hive
Native Bee Signs
Oiled Cypress Observation Hive
Layered Australis Box
The Outhouse
Log Cabin Hive
Honey Super Designs & Testing
New to Native Bees?
Splits 08/10/2017
Pollination Box – Getting Bees in!
Brood Temperature Monitoring
Budding Hive Instructions – How To
Weak Hive – No Queen?
little bees secret garden
Bee Open Day 2018
Gregs Native Bees
Stingless Bee Industry looks to the future
Sugarbag Bees Observation Hive
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...