The Australian Native Bee Book
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 bee hive or two in your backyard garden, or want to use multiple hives on a commercial farm, this friendly guide has you covered.
Book includes:
- 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, included how to extract it from hives
- Managing your hive
- Indentifying 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
Written by Tim Heard. Paperback. 245 pages. Published 2016. Dimensions: 19cm x 25cm x 1.5cm
Find also here the Biome Bee House to provide native solitary bees with a home to raise their young. This bee house is not for stingless bees that live in hives and produce honey.
