Published - 3 September 2021 By Nadine Chapman, University of Sydney Help us improve pollination Australia’s honey bee genetic improvement program (Plan Bee) seeks to breed honey bees with traits that benefit both beekeepers and growers. However, the program recognises … Read More almonds, avocado, blueberry, breeding, Plan bee, pollination, survey Agrichemicals, Breeding, Plan Bee, 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 - 2 October 2020 By Nadine Chapman Avocado pollination Smashed avocado on toast has revolutionised breakfast and even been blamed for younger generations being unable to buy a house. Avocado production has risen from … Read More alternative pollinators, avocado, nectar foragers, pollination Agrichemicals, Managing your hives, Pollination
Published - 15 September 2020 By Elizabeth Frost, NSW Department of Primary Industries Fungicides and their effects on honey bees The largest migration of livestock in Australia is upon us as almond bloom finishes and over 220,000 bee hives, some 6 trillion bees (give or … Read More agrichemicals, almonds, apple, canola, fungicides, pear, pesticides, pollination Agrichemicals, Managing your hives, Pollination
Published - 7 September 2020 By Nadine Chapman How is Plan Bee different from previous breeding programs? Our national honey bee genetic improvement program (Plan Bee) seeks to create a sustainable breeding program using innovative technologies to transform the performance of honey … Read More BLUP, breeding, database, estimated breeding values, genetics, honey levy, Plan bee, pollination, queen bees, traits Breeding, Managing your hives, Pests and diseases, Plan Bee, Pollination
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
Published - 22 May 2020 By Michael J Holmes How is Varroa like COVID-19? Tracking outbreaks of exotic diseases has never been more at the forefront of public thinking, and it’s important to remember that the honey bee industry … Read More colony density, drone congregation area, pollination, queen pheromone, varroa Pests and diseases, Pollination
Published - 5 May 2020 By Michael J Holmes, Behaviour, Ecology and Evolution Laboratory, University of Sydney Should growers pay for pollination services? The short answer is yes. But how do we know that? Firstly, growers of any crops that rely on honey bees for pollination need to know … Read More colony density, drone congregation area, pollination 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, … Read More pollination Pollination
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 … Read More agriculture, Agrifutures Australia, BeeAware, crop guides, Hort Innovation, pollination, Pollinator week Agrichemicals, Beekeeping on public land, Biosecurity, Code of Practice, Nutrition, 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 … Read More almonds, biosecurity, hive management, pollination Agrichemicals, Biosecurity, Code of Practice, Managing your hives, Pests and diseases, Policy and compliance, Pollination
