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Budding Box – Kit
This box design is intended [Read More]Basic Observation Hive
Basic Observation Hive Box [Read More]OATHs with fitted lid
I thought i’d make a [Read More]Square Pillar Hive
This one is based on the [Read More]Solitary Bee Observation Block
Some Solitary Bees like Resin [Read More]Layered OATH
This OATH size hive is made [Read More]Rustic Splitting Box – went psychedelic
Here’s a very simply [Read More]
Tag: Tetragonula Carbonaria
Photos 2016

A few photos for 2016 Below – Native Solitary Bee – Homalictus. It has a nest burrowed in to the ground. The purple/blue flower is Salvia. Native Bee – Megachile Native Bee – Leafcutter Megachile My first Blue Banded Bee for the season!!… Arabica Coffee Plant flowers. 12/11/2016 Hoverfly – harmless to native…
Photos 2015

Native Stingless Bee, Tetragonula Carbonaria Blue Banded Bee having a rest on the vegie garden chicken wire… These little spiders will try to grab native bees…. Native Bee – Lasioglossum – Identified by Megan Halcroft and Ken Walker – ANBN The morning sun entering the hive… Terry the Belgian, supervising…
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Native Stingless Bees – Tetragonula Carbonaria

Updated: 6/11/2020 We have 13 species of Stingless Bees in Australia. This article covers one of the most popular species that people will keep in their back yards – Tetragonula Carbonaria – common to Brisbane and Sydney. Queen Healthy colonies can contain 5000 to 10,000 bees – with one mated Queen.…