Bee hotels are great to draw solitary bees to your garden and help with the pollination of your plants. Solitary bees are an important part of our world and in some parts of the world becoming extinct. That’s right! Extinct. Building a bee hotel is one way that you can help solitary bees in your…
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When working with micro colonies, sick colonies or weak colonies, feeding stingless bees can come in handy. Check out the video below before I go into some more information about it. Click the “CC” button at base of video for subtitles. Feeding Stingless Bees Tips and Tricks Feeding stingless bees should not be done all…
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This is an interview that has been in the back of my mind to do since I first started. John Klumpp and I have talked about many things over the years and met through Allan Beil a long time ago. Through these chats I have gained so much insight into these little bees we love…
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Bee Psychology Bees definitely have a way of doing things that they like. Some studies have shown a bee’s brain is amazing. Quote: The honey bee brain can figure out about 10 trillion computations in a second, which is 625 times greater than what the most advanced computers can do. There most certainly are patterns…
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Paul Anderson- Interview Paul has been into the bees since 1982 which puts him in the old school group of keepers. You know, the knowledgeable bunch! What I like about him is he is himself. He is humble and doesn’t put on a show for anyone. I went to have a look at his super…
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Stingless Beeswax Soap There are many products and uses for wax and propolis taken from stingless bee hives. Something I felt would be useful that is an essential in everyone’s lives is soap. I set to work trying different recipes until I came up with a really simple way that everyone can make their own…
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Tom Carter- Interview I drove up to Rockhampton to meet with Tom carter. Tom has been keeping stingless bees for over 30 years and is a pioneer in the realm of stingless bee crop pollination. He has conducted pollination services to people with 70-100% increases in yields. Tom Carter worked on the natural…
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Series Supers Series honey supers are a creation that came from a need to harvest honey without killing lots of bees. Traditionally we have used very deep supers in Australia which often contain pollen. Pollen ferments the honey and it also attracts more pests post harvest. In many ways our methods are still quite…
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Trap hives for stingless bees Trap hives or lure hives are not commonly used in Australia for stingless bees. The main reason for this is our cold winters. It can be quite difficult for keepers to provide places for bees to live in a hope they will move in when cold weather prevents the bees…
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Bees are declining in numbers every day. Maybe one day you will have a story of a bee that doesn’t exist anymore. What is truly in decline is our native pollinators. Let’s do what we can to provide homes for them and teach our children about them.
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