The Australian Native Bee Book
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| Management number | 236161363 | Release Date | 2026/07/09 | List Price | $11.65 | Model Number | 236161363 | ||
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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.
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