General News, Info and Events related to Native Bees
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…
Dean Haley generously hosted this months Australian Native Bee Association – Brisbane meeting at his place with around 40 people attending. Thanks to Ian Driver for manning the BBQ and also contributions from Geoffrey Dutton and the local butcher. Dean has an amazing yard with a great variety of native…
Stingless Bee Workshop at Yandina Community Gardens Another fully booked Stingless Bee Workshop run by Tim Heard from Sugarbag Bees and hosted by Yandina Community Garden was held Saturday 24 August. Apparently there was a large waiting list as well so these workshops are quite popular. Sue from Yandina Community…
I had the pleasure of visiting Gayle at her busy Bees & Honey shop in Eumundi. Gayle has immersed herself in all things bees, even going all out with this fantastic Bee Keeper shirt. Eumundi has a popular market every weekend which fills the streets and shops with crowds. The…
Australian Native Bee Association – Honey Standards Meeting 04/08/2019 In October 2018 a number of people involved with the Stingless Bee industry came together to discuss the future of the industry and a possible need for some kind of guideline or preferred standard for the honey produced and sold. A…
Romina Rader – Senior Lecturer in Community Ecology at the University of New England, Armidale. Her research interests include the identity and performance of insect pollinators in crops, plant-animal interactions and the response of biodiversity to landscape and environmental change. Romina presented some of her work at the July meeting…
This is the Goodrich OATH, designed by Tony Goodrich from Goodrich Bees and supplied by Sydney Stingless Bees. Design While the boxes were originally designed by Tony, there’s been a combined effort with Melissa at Sydney Stingless Bees over the years to improve the design and now all boxes are…
I had the pleasure of catching up with Giorgio and had a great chat about his own design of native bee boxes. Originally from Brazil where he has had many years experience researching native bees and developing the industry and has just recently moved permanently to Australia. Design Giorgio has…
The Brisbane Native Bee Keepers Club filled the room with their annual Hive Exhibition at the Hut at Mt Cootha. (THECA) Doug Irvine was guest Judge and also displayed some of his boxes, honey frames and honey extraction process which he showed how he loads the honey frame in to…
Native Bee Signs
Cedar & Pine Rebated
The Outhouse
Log Cabin – Hive Duplication
Cottage Roof
Project OctaHive
Square Pillar Hive
Budding – Hive Duplication Example
Native Stingless Bees – Tetragonula Carbonaria
Getting Bees in to a different shaped box
Pollination Box – Getting Bees in!
Hive Positions & Tips
So you want to buy some native bees?
Budding Hive Instructions – How To
Bee Yourself – Sarah & Dean
Brisbane Native Beekeepers Club
Sugarbag Bees – Pollination Box
Bee Expo 2017 – Photos
Wild Canary – Sarah Hamilton