pollination Archives - Professional Beekeepers

Topic: pollination

published - 20 December 2019
By Nadine Chapman

Pollination networks

The study of pollination networks is an emerging area of research. These studies record which pollinator species forage on which plant species within an ecosystem, and then build a network of relationships between them.
Pollination networks are useful for identifying plants and pollinators that are at higher risk of extinction if …
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pollination

Pollination

Some of the foods pollinated by honey bees

published - 11 November 2019
By Nadine Chapman

Australian pollinator week

This week is devoted to celebrating pollinators. Pollinators include: bees, flies, wasps, moths, butterflies, bats and other small mammals, and birds.
According to an AgriFutures Australia report around 65% of Australian agricultural production depends on insect pollination, and around 35 industries are dependent upon honey bee pollination. In fact, one third …
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agriculture, Agrifutures Australia, BeeAware, crop guides, Hort Innovation, pollination, Pollinator week

Beekeeping on public land, Pests and diseases, Pollination

published - 4 July 2019
By Nadine Chapman, University of Sydney

Almond pollination: hive management

Every year in August over 200,000 bee colonies are taken to New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia to pollinate more than 30,000 hectares (Almond Board of Australia 2017-18 Almond Insights) of almond trees.
Honey bee pollen foragers perform most pollination of almonds. To increase the number of pollen foragers brood …
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almonds, biosecurity, hive management, pollination

Managing your hives, Pests and diseases, Policy and compliance, Pollination