Preventing Native Bee Swarms A guide to keeping bees happy. Guest post written by Dean Haley Preventing native bee swarms…. My recent post on fighting swarms showed one of my boxes on my front patio. This box was attacked by hockingsi bees, I think from my neighbors place across the street.…
Native bee hive design I thought I would do a little post on native bee hive design. There are so many designs of boxes out there and new ones being created all the time. I myself have made at least 4 different native bee hive designs. I wanted to make a design I was happy…
The other day I recorded a queen bee mating flight.. Well not the flight but her leaving the box and returning. This is pretty exciting because this is the only time when the queen leaves the hive in a 3-5 year period. Not much footage exists on this topic and its good to have something…
When I first put some queen brood in a native bee hive I wanted to watch their progress. I used a router to fit a sheet of perspex to the top so I could see what was going on. I was amazed to see how busy these little girls are. It did not seem to…
A while back I had the chance to rescue a hive of bees from a meter box. This particular bee was Tetragonula Hockingsi. One of the main ways that people differentiate between native bee species is their brood structure. I wanted to write about an interesting comparison I had between two Hockingsi bee hives. The…
One of the first things I wanted to learn was how to start a bee hive. What do bees like in a home? Where should a bees be placed? What’s too hot for bees. I hope to answer some of these questions for people by writing about my own experiences I researched a few designs…