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Australian Native Bee Book

Keeping Stingless Bee Hives for Pets, Pollination and Sugarbag Honey

Author: Tim Heard  

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The Australian Native Bee Book describes native bees generally and provides a complete guide to keeping Australian native stingless bees. It is richly illustrated with over 500 photos, drawings and charts to increase accessibility and aid learning. It is written by an expert who has spent his lifetime intimately engaged with these unique creatures. Keeping native stingless bees is a hot topic in Australia for commercial, environmental and recreational reasons. You can do something about the decline of pollinators by conserving native bees. Whether you keep a hive or two in your suburban garden, or want to use multiple hives on a commercial farm, this friendly guide has you covered.

  • Bee biology, behaviour, nesting, social life and foraging How to build your own native bee hive How to transfer a bee colony to a hive box and propagate hives All about sugarbag honey, including how to extract it from hives Managing your hive Identifying and dealing with pests Using stingless bees for pollination - from small gardens to commercial crops A complete list of Australia's stingless bee species, how to identify them, their characteristics, where they occur, and recommended hives A readable summary of the latest research on native bees
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Publisher
Sugarbag Bees
Published
31st December 2015
Pages
208
ISBN
9780646939971

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CUSTOMER REVIEWS

03 Dec, 2021
Great book-comprehensive, visually impressive, clear instructions. Bees 101.
By Sandra
06 Sep, 2021
Excellent
By Brian
31 Aug, 2021
Excellent publication.
By Ken
27 Aug, 2021
Excellent
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25 Jun, 2021
Excellent
By Keith
15 May, 2019
Focus on a few species of native bees. Lots and lots of useful information.
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26 Apr, 2019
An excellent book everything we need to know about native beekeeping
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18 Mar, 2019
Very informative of our bers
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18 Feb, 2019
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27 Dec, 2018
Great Book full of very useful information.
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24 Jul, 2018
A must for all Australian native bees lovers
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10 Jul, 2018
Excellent resource! Informative and easy to understand.
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17 Apr, 2018
Excellent
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15 Jan, 2019
Answers a lot of my questions & makes me eager to learn more.
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