Pests or not?
There’s a lot of different insects you’ll notice in your garden. Some don’t bother the bees at all and some can destroy your precious bee hive. Mostly the threat is from new larvae destroying the hive colony from the inside. Weak colonies are more at risk. The main two that
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Yuraal – Community Garden – Native Bee Project
The Mujaay Ganma Foundation from Gumbaynggirr Country have a great project in town at Bowraville NSW establishing the Yuraal Community Garden with green houses and areas for propagating more plants
Box Builder Challenge 2022
Make your own version of Dean Haleys Honey Hive (open source) With everyones skills maybe you could improve it? You don’t need the plastic honey trays, you can use slim
Macadamia Farm Pollination Project
Located in the Northern Rivers Region in NSW, this 760 ha / 260,000 tree macadamia farm is a massive new project, with Alyssa – botanist, recently joining the project as
Coffs Harbour Workshop & Hive Install Botanic Gardens
The Coffs Harbour branch of the Australian Native Bee Association held a workshop at the local community gardens recently which was pretty popular as there seems to be great interest
Paint Tin Transfer
Stephen Fowler from Lismore NSW recently acquired this native bee box that was connected to a paint tin. The main front box entrance was closed but the bees were coming
Little Star Bee Sanctuary Workshop
What a setting for a native bee workshop! Hidden away in the hills at Missabotti NSW is Little Star Bee Sanctuary run by Steven and Trudi. With a passion for
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Brood Transfer To Revive A Declining Colony
There were bees, honey and pollen, but no brood at all. The Involucrum are the
Plants for Bees
Start a Bee Garden!! … Start getting your bee garden prepared. Here’s a list of
Phorid Fly – Pest
Pests to native stingless bee colonies! About half the size of a stingless bee and
New to Native Bees?
Hopefully this article will get you started in the right direction. This page lightly touches
Overheat & mould
Everything in this hive was in great condition with no pests, a good amount of
Syrphid Fly – Wasp Mimic
Syrphid Fly – Wasp Mimic Hoverfly – Ceriana ornata. These look like wasps but you
The Australian Native Bee Book
On Special $30 at Hivecraft.com.au
Building & Tests
Landing Pad
Landing pads / Front steps aren’t really necessary as bees can access and enter the
Hive Designs – Photo Gallery
All original concepts and designs by Steve – unique to nativebeehives.com Designs – All designs on
Wooden Pegs
Wooden Pegs / Dowels for Native Bee Frame Construction Wooden pegs or dowels can be
Roof Testing – Box Temperature
Roof Testing – Full Sun – August – October 2021 I’m having a look at
Roofs for Native Bee Boxes
All hives need a good roof… A good roof shelters the box from the Sun
Coatings Test 2022
I’ve added a couple of new products to the list. Doug Irvine uses the Intergrain
Camphor Laurel Native Bee Box
Can I make a native bee box from Camphor laurel? That questions comes up every
Brood Supports
Under continuous development – newer posts at the top, oldest at the bottom of the
Varnish & Oil Coatings 2016
Just out of interest I’m testing some of the finishes I have collected for various
Temperature Monitoring – Winter
*I’ll redo this article this year 2023 with some better information Lets make another “Can
