Professional Beekeepers

Topic: 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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Beekeeping on public land, Pests and diseases, Pollination

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