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Goodrich Box Update

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

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Busy Bee Season

There has been a surge in the popularity for Stingless Bees in recent years. Suppliers have long waiting lists and we’ve seen plenty of new people coming in to the online community chasing colonies. Here’s

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Alex – Little Bees at Tullamore Farm

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

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Sugarbag Bees Observation Hive

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

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Genomics – James Hereward

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

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Bee Garden Challenge 2020

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

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Hive Haven

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

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BeeHealthy Festival Canungra

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

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Flavia Massaro – Bumble Bees

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

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little bees secret garden

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

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Australian Native Bee Conference 2019

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

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Alex Derrick – ANBA Meeting

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

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Sugarbag Bees – Pollination Box

Design Made by Sugarbag Bees (Brisbane small business), The 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

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ANBA Meeting BBQ – Dean Haley

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

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Yandina Community Garden

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

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Bees & Honey Eumundi

Notice 2022: I believe Gayle has closed the shop in town and is now operating from her home at Eumundi I had the pleasure of visiting Gayle at her busy Bees & Honey shop in

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Association – Honey Standards Meeting

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

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