These are ideal for Budding / Eductions for Tetragonula Carbonaria and Tetragonula Hockingsi. You will get to see colonies being created, that’s what Observation boxes are all about.
Previous design box…
See more info and photos about Budding/Eduction from the recent Basic Observation Box article: https://www.nativebeehives.com/basic-observation-hive/
Native bee boxes available at www.hivecraft.com.au
There’s been plenty of concerns over the years about council
Is bigger better? For my own entertainment I whacked together
Can we multiply colonies by copying what happens in the
This is roughly based on a few different designs. It
Image: Cracking Box. Art by David Nash https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/cracking-box-259130 There is
It’s very unlikely you’ll need to feed your bees except
My simple honey jar trials… I set up two hives
Native Bee Identification, Ecology & Beekeeping with Tobias Smith This
An update for the Hivecraft garage space… The main production
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!