Bees - native and honey

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Comment by Dianne Caswell on March 11, 2019 at 18:40

Sounds Great Christa, so pleased you enjoyed this Event. What a nice way to finish off with Honey and Ice Cream. I still have some of the Honey left from my Native Bee Split and every few days I dip my Finger in and think how lucky are to have these wonderful little workers. Thanks for sharing your day with us.

Comment by Andrew Cumberland on March 10, 2019 at 21:10

Thanks Christa. I noticed you've done a wonderful job of sharing some very helpful links here in the group. 

Comment by Christa on March 10, 2019 at 9:07

We attended the talk on Native bees by Tobias Smith at Mitchelton Library.  It was a very informative event.  He talked on all of the Native bees that are in our area and then proceded to split a Tetragonula carbonaria hive and also a T. hockingsii colony.  He gave details of the hives when they were open and the dos ánd dont's and why.  There were so many informative slides of information and research on the stingless bees and other forms of bees.

The hives belonged to Tim Heard who also attended the meet.  The day started at 9am and finished just after 3pm with a tasting of honey and icecream. 

The library premises are surrounded by an organic garden which is maintained by MOGI (Mitchelton Organic group) who were in attendance in the morning, doing maintenance.

It was a worthwhile event and I am happy we attended the day.

Comment by Christa on February 13, 2019 at 12:53

There are quite a few plants that we can grow to help our stingless bees, both social and solitary, on this LINK 

Comment by Christa on January 21, 2019 at 8:59

For those who are unaware and are using these chemicals on or around their garden plants etc.  it can have an effect on our bees wax protection.  We rarely use these products and I have added this LINK

Comment by Christa on October 24, 2018 at 17:53

Yes Lissa, he sells most of his supplies from market stall, and often runs out of stock.  Regular customers help when selling honey.

Sorry Dianne, our nephew scored the honey super but we all had a finger licking session first. Yum.   

Comment by Dianne Caswell on October 24, 2018 at 17:07

Congrads Christa, we will have to hire your Nephew to do ours. Please keep me a spoonful of Honey??????

Comment by Lissa on October 24, 2018 at 16:12

Wonderful Christa :) Can't wait until I have my own SNB hive again.

Where does your nephew sell his honey?

I do have a local guy, just off the island, who sells his home grown honey using an honesty box. I would like to think everyone pays for what they take. He's been doing it for some time so I guess the answer to that is "yes".

Comment by Christa on October 24, 2018 at 13:31

We split our native stingless bee hive today.  Our nephew visited us and we took the opportunity to use his beekeeper knowledge to help us.

The hive was full, which was a lovely surprise, the super was full of honey pots.  He has taken the spare to his place and will bring it back after a couple of months.   So soon we will have 3 more hives to keep here at home. 

He mentioned that he has an honesty box out front of his house and it has jars of raw honey which he sells and he is amazed at how many honest people there are who leave their payment in the box.

Comment by Lissa on May 5, 2018 at 5:27

You remember correctly Elaine :)

Bob Luttrell was most intrigued by the comb style the new bees built. Bob now owns the hive.

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