General News, Info and Events related to Native Bees
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…
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…
Budding Kit – version 2
Log Cabin V3
Log Cabin Hive
Basic Observation Hive
Observation Tube
Solitary Bee Observation Block
South American Inspired
New to Native Bees?
Pollination Box – Getting Bees in!
Brood Temperature Monitoring
Solitary Bees
Native Stingless Bees – Tetragonula Carbonaria
Splits 08/10/2017
Budding – Hive Duplication Example
Stingless Bee Workshop – Tim Heard
Mitchelton Library with Tobias Smith
Alex Derrick – ANBA Meeting
Bee Garden Challenge
Yandina Community Garden
Solitary Bee Observation Blocks now available!
More info about the blocks here: www.nativebeehives.com/solitary-bee-observation-block/
Website shop here: www.nativebeehives.com/boxes-for-sale/
Photos from the Beezotted workshop on Saturday, I've added a few extras from the phone. See more info about the day here: www.nativebeehives.com/beezotted-with-matthew-middleton/
An excellent workshop with Matthew Middletons Beezotted. Article and photos from the day.
Beezotted with Matthew Middleton - Workshop - Native Bee Hives
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