Published - 20 February 2024 By Dr Cornelia Sattler, Macquarie University What are the best tools to evaluate honey bee health? The past years have not been easy for beekeepers and for growers who rely on honey bees for pollination services. Varroa mites, extreme weather events, … Read More bee health technology, hive sensors Managing your hives, Nutrition, Pests and diseases
Published - 31 October 2023 By Nadine Chapman, Professional Beekeepers CoP Who is Professional Beekeepers for? The Professional Beekeepers Community of Practice has been established to meet the needs of rural and regional Australians for the extension of beekeeping knowledge and … Read More biosecurity, breeding, hive management, Plan bee, queen bees, varroa Agrichemicals, Beekeeping on public land, Biosecurity, Breeding, Code of Practice, Disaster relief, Genetics, Honey, Managing your hives, Nutrition, Pests and diseases, Plan Bee, Policy and compliance, Pollination, Registration, Training & resources
Published - 21 September 2023 By Kenya Fernandes, University of Sydney Do healthy bees make better honey? Growing evidence suggests that honey is vitally important to hive function and overall health. The antimicrobial properties of honey are well-established in the context of … Read More antimicrobial, bee health, ecology, foraging, honey, nutrition, stress Honey, Nutrition
Published - 30 September 2022 By Kenya Fernandes, University of Sydney How honey contributes to bee and hive health Honeybees have an amazing ability to process and store nectar in the form of honey, which plays a fundamental role in maintaining colony health. Honey … Read More antimicrobial, bee health, ecology, honey, nutrition Honey, Nutrition
Published - 15 June 2022 By Nadine Chapman, University of Sydney Plan Bee pollination webinar The economic value of honey bees in Australia was AU$8.35-19.97 billion in 2015 (Karasińki 2018). Much of this value comes from pollination of 53 agricultural … Read More pollination, survey, webinars Agrichemicals, Biosecurity, Managing your hives, Nutrition, Pests and diseases, Plan Bee, Pollination
Published - 9 May 2022 By Elizabeth Frost, NSW DPI La Niña and the honey bee In Australia’s extreme conditions, honey bee hives may require nutritional management when quality nectar and pollen aren’t readily available within a few kilometres of the … Read More autumn, disaster relief, La Niña, managing hives, nutrition, pollen, supplementary feeding, winter Managing your hives, Nutrition
Published - 11 March 2022 By Nadine Chapman, University of Sydney To understand our bees we must understand our plants In Australia, through the Plan Bee program, we are embarking on a journey to implement estimated breeding values to assist in genetic selection. This process … Read More breeding, nutrition, plants Breeding, Managing your hives, Nutrition, Pests and diseases, Plan Bee, Pollination
Published - 22 October 2021 By Elizabeth Frost, NSW DPI NSW Beekeeping Industry – 2020 economic report NSW Performance Data and Insights 2020 The NSW Primary Industries Performance Data & Insights (PDI) highlights the economic output of the NSW Primary Industries sector each … Read More bee hive products, emerging markets, honey, policy and compliance, queen bees, wax Beekeeping on public land, Honey, Nutrition, Policy and compliance, Pollination
Published - 26 August 2021 By Nadine Chapman, University of Sydney Should we breed crop-specific bees? As part of the Plan Bee program, research has been undertaken to determine the feasibility of breeding bees for specific crops. Previous research has attempted to … Read More avocado, breeding, Plan bee, pollination Breeding, Nutrition, Pests and diseases, Plan Bee, Pollination
Published - 24 June 2021 By Professional Beekeepers CoP Professional Beekeepers Community of Practice “ExtensionAUS Professional Beekeepers” provides the most current, relevant and accurate information on research, best beekeeping practices, hot topics and business solutions for the Australian beekeeping … Read More Agrichemicals, Beekeeping on public land, Biosecurity, Breeding, Code of Practice, Disaster relief, Genetics, Honey, Managing your hives, Nutrition, Pests and diseases, Plan Bee, Policy and compliance, Pollination, Registration, Training & resources
Published - 7 August 2020 By Nadine Chapman European Foulbrood European foulbrood is a bacterial disease caused by Melissococcus plutonius. It is highly contagious. The brood are infected by food contaminated with the bacterium. The … Read More American foulbrood, European foulbrood, hive management Agrichemicals, Code of Practice, Managing your hives, Nutrition, Pests and diseases
Published - 22 June 2020 By Patsavee Utaipanon Is one food source good enough? Effects of monoculture on honey bees Nothing is as Australian as Vegemite on toast, but what if that was all you ate for every meal, every day? If that doesn’t sound very … Read More diet diversity, mononoculture, nutrition, pollination, remnant vegetation, weeds Managing your hives, Nutrition, Pollination
