General News, Info and Events related to Native Bees
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…
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…
Solitary Bee Observation Block
Log Cabin V3
Basic Observation Hive
Octagonal Hive V3
Observation Tube
OATH Painted – 35mm Cypress
Roofs for OATHs
Octahive colony died!
Budding Hive Instructions – How To
Buzz Inn – Create the ultimate luxury accommodation for native bees in your backyard
Hive Positions & Tips
Weak Hive – No Queen?
Creating a new hive
Budding – Hive Duplication Example
Stingless Bee Industry looks to the future
Stingless Bee Workshop 09/03/2018
Native Bee Club – Brogan Amos
Display Tower with Frames
Stingless Bee Workshop – Tobias Smith
I caught up with Ann and Jeff from Hive Haven to get the latest updates on their hives. Click this link for the article and photos... www.nativebeehives.com/hive-haven-2020/
Stacey from Totally Wild TV show visited Alex's Little Bee Secret Garden, go to this link and select the right video. Series 26, Episode 97. Story starts at 17:40 minutes. (you might have to watch the adds first) . My Log Cabin and Outhouse get a couple of shots! 10play.com.au/totally-wild
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