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 - 22 February 2023 By Nadine Chapman and Elizabeth Frost 2022 Plan Bee Survey results: breeding objectives Plan Bee, Australia’s national honey bee genetic improvement program conducts an annual survey of beekeepers and breeders to determine attitudes and opinions surrounding honey bee … Read More breeding, honey, Plan bee, queen bees, temperament Breeding, Genetics, Pests and diseases, Plan Bee
Published - 11 January 2023 By Nadine Chapman (Sydney University) and Kim Bunter (Animal Genetics & Breeding Unit, University of New England) What makes an effective target for selection There are countless traits that beekeepers may be interested in selecting for, however, not all these traits are actually effective targets for selection. There are 6 … Read More breeding, evaluation, heritability, queen bees, varroa resistance Breeding, Plan Bee
Published - 20 December 2022 By Elizabeth Frost and Nadine Chapman What is the size of Australia’s queen bee industry? A great beekeeping business depends on great colonies, and having great colonies depends on having queens. Therefore, you could view queen breeders as the backbone … Read More breeding, export market, package bees, queen bees, queen prices, queens Plan Bee
Published - 9 December 2022 By Nadine Chapman, University of Sydney Update on Plan Bee genetic testing Free genetic testing is being offered to Australian queen bee breeders. We sincerely thank everyone who has responded by providing samples or requested assistance to collect … Read More breeding, colony evaluations, DNA, genetic testing, Plan bee, queen bees Breeding, Genetics, Plan Bee
Published - 18 November 2022 By Nadine Chapman, University of Sydney 2021 Plan Bee survey In 2021, 109 beekeepers responded to a survey about queen replacement strategies, satisfaction with purchased queens, trait desirability, and attitudes to the Plan Bee honey … Read More breeding objective, Plan bee, queen bees, traits Breeding, Pests and diseases, Plan Bee, Pollination
Published - 26 October 2022 By Nadine Chapman, University of Sydney Plan Bee queen distribution Tocal queens Plan Bee established a research and development population at Tocal Agricultural College. Queens were donated by Australian bee breeders and bees by NSW beekeepers … Read More breeding, breeding objective, EBV, Plan bee, queen bees, Tocal Plan Bee
Published - 4 July 2022 By Nadine Chapman, University of Sydney How do I take samples for Plan Bee? Our national honey bee genetic improvement program, Plan Bee, is offering free genetic testing to bee breeders who are collecting performance data. This includes not … Read More breeding, estimated breeding values, genetic testing, genetics, pedigree, queen bees Breeding, Genetics, Plan Bee
Published - 7 June 2022 By Nadine Chapman, University of Sydney What should you ask your bee breeder? Good queens are important to ensure productivity and ease of management. Our national honey bee genetic improvement program, Plan Bee, will lead to improvements in … Read More breeding, queen bees, queen introduction Breeding, Pests and diseases, Plan Bee, Registration
Published - 31 May 2022 By Erica Mo, University of Sydney A look into the sex-determining gene in Australian honey bees What is the complementary sex determiner and why does it matter? Sex in honey bees is determined by a gene named the complementary sex determiner (csd). … Read More breeding, genetics, queen bees, sex determination Breeding, Genetics, Plan Bee
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 - 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
