Thanks to Tony for hosting a ANBA workshop today in Brisbane. It was good to catch up with everyone and meet a few new crazy native bee keepers. Tim Heard and Tony split a couple of the hives while explaining the process to the eager attendees. All the hives were in good health. The day was a great success so there may be more garden visits in the future for the branch. Here’s a bunch of pics from the day.
The great minds of the “Native Stingless Bee World” gathered in Brisbane for the first meeting in a series of
Photo: Francisco and Tim The secret life of males – Male reproductive behaviour in stingless bees Francisco was the guest
Above: The honey wall. A display of all kinds of bottle shapes and different coloured honey. (Honey Bee honey). Valley
Steve Maginnity was the guest speaker at the August 5 meeting. He was running late as he put trust in
Above: Epic Selfie -Bus full of happy campers out for the field trip. Hive Exhibition The day started with a
Above: Tim Heard opening the Conference The first Australian Native Bee Conference was held on the Gold Coast – Queensland
Note: Alex has changed designs since this article. View his website here: https://www.spicershollow.com.au HEBEL HIVES Article and Photos by Alex
Giorgio Venturieri was guest speaker at the Brisbane Native Bee Keepers Club meeting for May 2018. Giorgio recently moved to
Sarah Hamilton from Bee Yourself Australia held a Native Bee Workshop in Brisbane and invited Dean Bryant to demonstrate a couple of colony
Ann Ross from Hive Haven described her journey from her first hive and through the development of the current Hive
Another enjoyable and always educational workshop run by Toby and Sugarbag Bees at the CREEC Environmental Centre Qld. These workshops are run
Another year for the Bee Expo at Imbil Qld Australia. Plenty of exhibitors, demonstrations and people! Photo above: Ann from Hive
John Klumpp, pictured holding the hive, definitely has some celebrity status as the meeting room was overflowing with members keen
The Stingless Bee workshop held at the Nundah Library started off with a slideshow session where Tim Heard shared plenty
A fantastic Stingless Bee workshop was run by Toby from Sugarbag Bees at the Kumbartcho Environmental Centre at Eatons Hill
The Ag Guide Australian Native Bees. It covers a fair bit, there’s a lot about Solitary Bees where most other
What a great day! I went along to the Bee Expo at Imbil, met and chatted to a lot of great people.
The Australian Native Bee Book has all the information you need for looking after native stingless bees. It’s the kind
Brisbane Native Beekeepers Club website https://www.anba.org.au Meetings are held 1st Sunday of each month at 1pm. (no meeting in January)
Tim Heard held a Native Bee workshop at the CREEC Environmental Centre at Burpengary. Ross brought along an old rotten log with
Bob released his new Honey Extraction design at a small hive split session held at Strathpine on the weekend. I
nativebeehives.com is a project website with a focus on individual design and construction of Native Bee Hives, lots of photos, information about Australian native bees and also a news story thrown in around the place!