General News, Info and Events related to Native Bees
Canungra Qld, 28 – 29 February 2020 Quote from Alex – Little Bees Secret Garden….. Q & A with a stingless beekeeper? I’m all yours (after I’ve had my coffee) for our 2 day #beehealthy festival event on February 28th – 29th. We’ll also have some beautiful stingless bee hives on display…
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…
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…
Hive Stands
Log Cabin V3
Log Cabin Hive
Budding Kit – version 2
Cottage Roof
Square Pillar Hive
OATH Honey Tray Box
Octahive colony died!
Solitary Bees
Overheat & mould
Weak Hive – No Queen?
Getting Bees in to a different shaped box
Summer heat and your hive
Buzz Inn – Create the ultimate luxury accommodation for native bees in your backyard
Stingless Bee Workshop – Tobias Smith
Display Tower with Frames
Ag Guide – Native Bee Handbook
Bee Expo 2017 – Photos
Brisbane Native Beekeepers Club