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The Aussie Bee Guide to |
Blue Banded Bees are some of Australia's most beloved native solitary bees. In this Aussie Bee Guide, explore their history, species and distribution, the source of their glittering colours, their nests and their importance as pollinators. Find out how to support these delightful bees in your garden! Download PDF version (size: 1.9 MB) |
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Article 26: How to Make Nest Blocks for Resin Bees
Article 25: Meet the Austroplebeia species - a guide to Aussie Bee's revision paper
Article 24: Australian Survey of Stingless Beekeeping: 2010
Article 23: Austroplebeia cincta: Dramatic First Photos of the Queen
Article 22: Austroplebeia cincta: a Spectacular New Species of Stingless Bee for Australia
Article 21: On Native Bee Safari: Exploring WA - Pt 2
Article 20: Blue Mountains Group Builds a Native Bee House
Article 19: On Native Bee Safari: Exploring WA - Pt 1
Article 18: Keeping Out Small Hive Beetles
Article 17: On Native Bee Safari: Cape York Wilderness Pt 2
Article 16: On Native Bee Safari: Cape York Wilderness Pt 1
Article 15: When Bees Smell Like Trees
Article 14: Blue Banded Bees Create a Buzz in School
Article 13: The Mysterious Fighting Swarms
Article 12: Stingless Bees Entomb Beetle Invaders
Article 11: Australia's Biggest Ever Native Bee Workshop
Article 10: Blue Banded Bee Pollination Trials at Adelaide Uni
Article 9: Tomato Pollination with Blue Banded Bees
Article 8: Make Nest Blocks for Blue Banded Bees
Article 7: Native Bee Hives in Spectacular 3D
Article 6: Secrets of Stingless Bee Breeding
Article 5: Aussie Bee's Gardens Rise From the Ashes
Article 4: The Largest Bee in the World
Article 3: Natural Hive Duplication - Alternative to Splitting
Article 2: Blue Banded Bees: Potential Tomato Pollinators
Article 1: Welcome to Aussie Bee Online
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How to Make Nest Blocks for Resin Bees |
Australian native Resin Bees, Leafcutters, Masked Bees and Wasp Mimic Bees can be encouraged to nest in small timber blocks with drilled holes. Follow these step by step instructions and make your own 'Bee Hotel' for these fascinating native solitary bees. Download PDF version (size: 1.6 MB) Les first explained his vision to support native bees with drilled timber blocks over 20 years ago -- in Aussie Bee Bulletin! Download 1998 article (size: 570 K). |
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Meet the Austroplebeia species |
After research stretching over 35 years, we have finally sorted out the species of the Austroplebeia stingless bees! Our 2015 revision paper with Dr Claus Rasmussen identifies and describes all the Austroplebeia bees in Australia and New Guinea -- including a new species. Download this free article, to read all the key results and find out how the research was done. Download PDF version (size: 3.9 MB) |
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Australian Survey of Stingless Beekeeping: 2010 |
In 2010 Megan Halcroft and Aussie Bee asked stingless bee owners across Australia to participate in a survey -- and 637 beekeepers responded! Here are the major findings of this important survey. Download PDF version (size: 255K) |
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Austroplebeia cincta: |
In this article we report for the first time the queen's egg laying behaviour in the new Australian stingless bee species, Austroplebeia cincta. Download PDF version (size: 2.3MB) |
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Austroplebeia cincta: |
After a five week safari researching their nests and behaviour, Aussie Bee is proud to present the fascinating story of the beautiful Austroplebeia cincta stingless bees. Download PDF version (size: 2.1MB) Also read our introductory story and watch videos on this beautiful new species! |
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On Native Bee Safari: |
Les and Anne Dollin continue their Native Bee Safari through The Kimberley, and find an area where Aboriginal people once harvested stingless bee honey. This popular article has been reprinted from Aussie Bee Bulletin, Issue 4. Colour photos from this safari can be seen on our Facebook page Download PDF version (size: 373K) |
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Blue Mountains Community Builds a Native Bee House |
Workshop participants at the Blue Mountains Group of the Australian Plant Society built a unique Bee House to support their local native bees -- guided by native bee researcher Megan Halcroft. Find out how they did it! Download PDF version (size: 1.1MB) |
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On Native Bee Safari: |
Les and Anne Dollin undertake a Native Bee Safari to The Kimberley, one of the most remote areas of Western Australia. This popular article has been reprinted from Aussie Bee Bulletin, Issue 3. Colour photos from this safari can be seen on our Facebook page. Download PDF version (size: 350K) |
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Keeping Out Small Hive Beetles |
Ric Wade's hive of stingless bees was massively attacked by South African Small Hive Beetles. Ric saved his bees through dedicated hard work and by engineering a precise beetle-excluding mesh for his hive. Here, Ric kindly presents full details of his hive protection system. Download PDF version (size: 2.3MB) |
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On Native Bee Safari: |
Les and Anne Dollin continue their Native Bee Safari on Cape York, visiting Thursday Island and Old Mapoon. This popular article has been reprinted from Aussie Bee Bulletin, Issue 2. Colour photos from this safari can be seen on our Facebook page. Download PDF version (size: 227K) |
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On Native Bee Safari: |
Les and Anne Dollin set off on a four wheel drive adventure - On Native Bee Safari on Cape York. This popular article has been reprinted from Aussie Bee Bulletin, Issue 1. Colour photos from this safari can be seen on our Facebook page. Download PDF version (size: 248K) |
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When Bees Smell Like Trees: |
Sara Leonhardt explains the amazing uses of resins by stingless bees in Australia and Borneo, that she discovered during her PhD studies. Download PDF version (size: 265K) |
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Blue Banded Bees Create a Buzz in School |
Never before had so many questions been asked about an Australian native bee at the same time. Read all about this unprecedented event that raised awareness of our precious native bees in 24,000 school students! Download PDF version (size: 265K) |
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The Mysterious Fighting Swarms |
Thousands of bees may die in battles to the death in fighting swarms of stingless bees. What triggers this behaviour? Ros Gloag of the University of Sydney used DNA techniques to find some answers. Read our detailed report on her findings. Download PDF version (size: 312K) |
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Stingless Bees Entomb Beetle Invaders |
African Small Hive Beetles are invading eastern Australia. Will they harm our Austroplebeia stingless bees? Megan Halcroft of the University of Western Sydney made some fascinating discoveries. Download PDF version (size: 440K) Also read our general report on the African Small Hive Beetles and how to recognise them |
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Australia's Biggest Ever Native Bee Workshop |
Fifty one native bee enthusiasts and ten presenters descended on the University of Western Sydney in 2006 for Australia's biggest ever native bee workshop. They came from NSW and interstate for two days of seminars, practicals and lively discussions. Read our detailed report. Download PDF version (size: 472K) |
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Blue Banded Bee Pollination Trials at Adelaide University |
Dr Katja Hogendoorn and her team at the University of Adelaide have shown that blue banded bees could be a great alternative to European bumblebees for the Australian greenhouse tomato industry. Download PDF version (size: 226K) |
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Tomato Pollination with Blue Banded Bees: |
Melissa Bell's research at the University of Western Sydney - Hawkesbury has now shown that blue banded bees (Amegilla) can be efficient pollinators of greenhouse tomatoes. Download PDF version (size: 241K) |
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How to Make Nest Blocks for Blue Banded Bees |
Australian blue banded bees (Amegilla) can be encouraged to nest in small portable clay nest blocks in your Bee Hotel. Follow these step by step instructions and make your own nest blocks for your native blue banded bees. Download PDF version (size: 370K) |
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Native Bee Hives Viewed in Spectacular 3D! |
Mark Greco of the University of Western Sydney - Hawkesbury has developed an amazing new way of safely looking inside the nests of native bees using 'X-ray computerised tomgraphy' or CT scans. See Mark's remarkable three dimensional images of stingless bee hives and blue banded bee nests. Download PDF version (size: 303K) |
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Secrets of Stingless Bee Breeding - |
How many drones mate with a virgin queen stingless bee when she soars away on her mating flight? Does the queen bee lay all the eggs in the brood comb? Kellie Palmer of the University of Sydney has used innovative DNA techniques to answer these questions -- with some surprising results. Download PDF version (size: 303K) |
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Aussie Bee's Gardens Rise from the Ashes |
The bushfires of 2001 devastated the bee gardens at Aussie Bee along with many precious bee nests. But just eight months later the gardens are back! What's more, with our new knowledge of plants loved by native bees, we have been able to create even better gardens. Download PDF version (size: 400K) |
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The Largest Bee in the World |
This 39 mm long bee with enormous pointy jaws, Megachile pluto, was found in 1859 in the jungles of Indonesia, then not seen again for over 100 years. Finally in 1981 the bee was rediscovered. Read the fascinating history of this bee and explore the amazing nests it builds inside the nests of termites. Download PDF version (size: 292K) |
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Natural Hive Duplication - |
This simple, non-invasive method is gaining wide popularity. The Natural Hive Duplication technique is described in full detail for the first time. Stingless bee keepers are asked to help the ANBRC by making some observations. Note: Other names for this technique are: Eduction Method, Budding and Soft Splitting. Download PDF version (size: 261K) |
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Blue Banded Bees - |
Melissa Bell of the University of Western Sydney -Hawkesbury is conducting Australia’s first glasshouse trials with native blue banded bees. The latest results in this groundbreaking study show the potential of these bees for tomato pollination. Download PDF version (size: 210K) |
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Welcome to Aussie Bee Online |
Meet the authors and explore the variety of topics to be covered in Aussie Bee Online, this exciting FREE resource from the Australian Native Bee Research Centre. Download PDF version (size: 252K) |
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