Adam Bunz, a Canadian currently living in the Philippines sent me these photos of the species Tetragonula biroi. The coconut shells can be added so the bees fill it with resources and can be removed and scraped out.
Bees are also kept in the standard design boxes. The Government has been running projects for a few years to help increase stingless bee hive numbers and assist local farmers.
*May 2024 – I’ll try to add some more info…
Related article:
Native bee boxes available at www.hivecraft.com.au
This article is about moisture content and wood only, not
My simple honey jar trials… I set up two hives
Photo above: small stingless bee colony from a rescue. Don’t
ABC Radio interview with Dr Tobias Smith – 2019 Link:
There’s so many different designs of native bee boxes out
Kupae (Max Dillon) – Kombumerri Bees Kupae (Max Dillon) from
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!
