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 - 11 October 2022 By Nadine Chapman, University of Sydney What does Plan Bee need to produce EBVs? Plan Bee is Australia’s honey bee genetic improvement program. This will provide bee breeders with Estimated Breeding Values (EBVs), a tool to aid with the … Read More breeding, EBV, pedigree, phenotype, Plan bee, queens, traits Breeding, Plan Bee
Published - 31 October 2021 By Mark Page, NSW DPI Nuisance bees With a growth in the keeping of bees especially in high residential areas, there are a few things to consider so that your bees do … Read More aggression, breeding, light, queens, requeening, swarming, water Code of Practice, Managing your hives, Policy and compliance