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25.01.2022 Great to see the native carpenter bees becoming active with the warmer weather! A beautiful video by Dan Smailes! For more photos and information on these metallic green carpenter bees, visit: https://www.aussiebee.com.au/lestis.html #bees #nativebees #carpenterbees #ozpollinators

25.01.2022 Brighten your morning with these busy stingless bees! #nativebees #stinglessbees #ozpollinators

25.01.2022 Here's a fantastic free guide to native bees and bee-friendly gardens! Published by the City of Gold Coast Council, and with major contributions by Tobias Smith, this 31 page booklet is free to download. Congratulations to the council for supporting this project! #bees #nativebees #gardens #ozpollinators

24.01.2022 https://wildpollinatorcount.com//spring-2019-time-to-count/ Only two days left to do your Spring Wild Pollinator Count! Time has nearly run out - but you can still do your count up to the end of Sunday 17th, this weekend. It only takes 10 minutes. It's fun and easy - and your observations can help pollinator conservation in Australia.... For tips on how to count, visit: https://wildpollinatorcount.com/count-pollinators/ And for online guides on how to recognise the insects you see, visit: https://wildpollinatorcount.com/resources/ #bees #nativebees #butterflies #beetles #ozpollinators #pollination

24.01.2022 Meet 'Buzzy Bee' - part of the HelloKoala exhibition In November I was delighted to see 22 charming HelloKoala artworks in a travelling exhibition at the Sydney Royal Botanic Gardens. Of special interest was 'Buzzy Bee', a gorgeous celebration of our beautiful Australian native bees. Painted by the talented mid-north coast artist, Lisa Burrell, 'Buzzy Bee' features colourful and accurate portraits of 20 Australian native bee species, ranging from the Great Carpenter Bee down... to some of our minute varieties. These bees buzz around vibrant bush flowers, including all of the state floral emblems. Commentary with the artwork pointed out the importance of these tiny bees as as Australian pollinators. Read more: https://www.hellokoalas.com/koalas/buzzy-bee/ 'Buzzy Bee' is one of over 75 individually designed artworks painted on one-metre high koala sculptures based in the Port Macquarie district of the NSW Mid North Coast. All the artworks raise awareness of protecting our koalas and our environment. The Sydney Botanic Gardens exhibition has now ended. However, all of the HelloKoala sculptures will be reunited again for the HelloKoalas 2020 Festival on 6-8 June, 2020 in Port Macquarie. What a great time to visit Port Macquarie and support this regional area, which was so badly impacted in the recent bushfires! https://www.hellokoalas.com/hello-koalas-festival-2020/ #nativebees #bees #hellokoala #wildflowers #ozpollinators

24.01.2022 Aussie Bee's Downloadable eBooks -- Now Available! For detailed, easy-to-read, full-colour native bee information that can be downloaded straight to your computer or mobile device at very low cost, visit Aussie Bee website's new eBook Shop: https://www.aussiebee.com.au/abshop.html Our six native bee booklets and our field guide are now available as downloadable PDF eBooks. Choose from these popular titles (or buy them all in a bundle at a discounted price! ):... -- Introduction to Australian Native Bees; -- Nests of Australian Stingless Bees; -- Behaviour of Australian Stingless Bees; -- How to Recognise the Different Types of Australian Stingless Bees; -- Keeping Australian Stingless Bees in a Log or Box; -- Boxing and Splitting Hives; -- Native Bees of the Sydney Region, a Field Guide. Our eBooks have received enthusiastic reviews from our Facebook visitors -- warm thanks to everyone who helped review our eBooks last year! You can read these many reviews on the detailed description pages for each eBook and see a selection of the reviews here: https://www.aussiebee.com.au/ebook-bundle1-reviews.html Our formal eBook Shop launch was unfortunately delayed, as we have been dealing with much-too-close-for-comfort bushfires and then coronavirus issues. However, we hope that all of our visitors will now be able to enjoy browsing our eBook Shop with its comprehensive support information. Please visit: https://www.aussiebee.com.au/abshop.html #bees #nativebees #stinglessbees #ebooks #fieldguide #nests #gardens

23.01.2022 https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au//scientists-say-native-st Health benefits and unique qualities of stingless bee honey! Exciting new research shows native stingless bee honey contains a rare sugar called trehalulose. This gives native bee honey a lower GI than European bee honey.... Professor Fletcher, University of Queensland, said, "Indigenous people had long claimed health benefits from native honey and science has now backed up many of those claims." To find out more, visit: https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au//scientists-say-native-st #bees #nativebees #stinglessbees #honey #stinglessbeehoney #health

23.01.2022 "...At the going down of the sun and in the morning, We will remember them." Lest we forget.... #remembranceday -- Sunset on 11 November 2020

21.01.2022 https://www.facebook.com/Australian.Native.Bee.Association/videos/2759888917599434 If you missed this fascinating native bee tour today by Costa Georgiadis and Dan Smailes, watch it in full on the Australian Native Bee Association videos page -- here! #stinglessbees #nativebees #bees #gardens #ozpollinators

21.01.2022 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3j651Y9e3C4&feature=emb_logo If you missed the fascinating 'Discover Bees' webinar on 12 Nov, you can now catch up on YouTube! Dr Tobias Smith (Uni of Queensland), Dr Roslyn Gloag (Sydney Uni), and Dr Ken Walker (Museums Victoria) explained Australia's amazing native bee diversity, why it is so important to give them names ...before they are lost forever.... In this Wheen Bee Foundation webinar, a campaign was also launched to discover and describe all our remaining native bee species in the next six years! Read more here: https://www.wheenbeefoundation.org.au/our-wo/discoverbees/ #nativebees #bees #ozpollinators

20.01.2022 https://wildpollinatorcount.com/submit-observations/ Please submit your Wild Pollinator Count observations! The Autumn Wild Pollinator Count is now finished - but there is still time to submit your observations online. The WPC submission form will be open until Sun 26 April, here: https://wildpollinatorcount.com/submit-observations/... Thanks very much to everyone who supported this great Australia-wide research project! #bees #nativebees #beetles #butterflies #ozpollinators #gardens [Photo from wildpollinatorcount.com]

20.01.2022 https://www.australianpollinatorweek.org.au//your-garden-/ Tomorrow night - Costa Georgiadis and Fiona Chambers discuss 'Your Garden -- Our Future'! Everything you need to know about attracting pollinators all year round! -- Learn the best way to make your garden, balcony, patio, pots or rural landscape an oasis for diverse pollinators. ... -- 'You and your gardening trowel can be a force to reckon with!' A free Zoom webinar on Thurs 26 November, 7 - 8.30 pm. Optional donations at registration support NGIV’s Schools Pollination Education Program. #bees #nativebees #pollinators #ozpollinators #gardens #schools

20.01.2022 Just Released: The Aussie Bee Guide to Blue Banded Bees! Blue Banded Bees are some of Australia's favourite native bees! A six page guide to these beautiful and valuable bees is now available as a free download from Aussie Bee website: https://www.aussiebee.com.au/abol-current.html#abol027... Read about: their history, nests and behaviour; the species currently recognised in Australia and where they are found; why they are such important pollinators for Australia's wildflowers and crops; and how to support these delightful bees in your garden! This is the latest article in our Aussie Bee Online series. To download this and other free native bee articles, visit: https://www.aussiebee.com.au/abol-current.html #bees #nativebees #bluebandedbees #ozpollinators

17.01.2022 Take a look at this fabulous video by Bonnet Bay Public School in southern Sydney! The students and their teachers are building bee-friendly gardens, making Bee Hotels and getting a stingless bee hive -- and learning all about our precious native bees. We at Aussie Bee are very proud to support this wonderful project! #nativebees #bees #stinglessbees #ozpollinators #beehotels #schools #education

17.01.2022 https://theconversation.com/jewel-of-nature-scientists-figh Renewed efforts are underway to save the iconic Carpenter Bees of Kangaroo Island following the 2020 fires. 150 nests of these beautiful bees, dubbed a "Jewel of Nature", were destroyed in the Jan 2020 fires on Kangaroo Island. Now scientists, landholders and the Kingscote Men's Shed are working together to save the survivors. ... To read why this magnificent species is so vulnerable to habitat clearing and fire, and what is being done to help, visit: https://theconversation.com/jewel-of-nature-scientists-figh ... and for more info and photos of this spectacular bee, visit: https://www.aussiebee.com.au/lestis.html #bees #nativebees #ozpollinators

16.01.2022 https://www.wheenbeefoundation.org.au//green-carpenter-be/ The devastating bushfires in SE Australia have impacted countless native bees -- including the iconic Green Carpenter Bees of Kangaroo Island. Three months of ferocious bushfires have swept extensively through our national parks. Countless native bees have been lost, including stingless bees trapped in their hollow tree nests. Many surviving native bee populations will have little or no flowers left to visit. ... The iconic Green Carpenter Bees of Kangaroo Island, SA, have been heavily impacted too. Efforts were underway to provide supplementary nest stalks for these stunning bees, the only population that remains in SA and Victoria. Sadly researchers fear that most of these nests will have been lost in the recent bushfires. For the full story, read: https://www.wheenbeefoundation.org.au//green-carpenter-be/ Here at Aussie Bee, we have been uncomfortably close to major NSW bushfires since November. We have had to devote all our energies to protecting our research centre and its native bee nests. Fortunately, thanks to the amazing backburning work of the Rural Fire Service, the threat in our area has now substantially eased. However, we still have two or three months of hot weather ahead. We hope that the heavy rain this week across the firegrounds, forecast by the Bureau of Meteorology, comes to pass! For tips on supporting wildlife in bushfire areas, watch the video in this article: https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au//8c1200585ccfe6e8b71d46f #nativebees #carpenterbees #bushfires #kangarooisland #ozpollinators

13.01.2022 Wild Pollinator Count is underway Australia-wide! The Autumn Wild Pollinator Count started today. You can contribute to pollinator research in Australia, just by spending 10 minutes observing insects that visit your backyard or balcony garden. It is a great family activity and you need no special knowledge or gear. You can take part anywhere in Australia and do as many counts as you like -- but of course, be sure to follow your state or territory's Coronavirus restrictions a...nd don't travel to parks or reserves to find flowers. Wild Pollinator Count runs until Sunday 19 April. For tips on counting, visit: https://wildpollinatorcount.com/count-pollinators/ For helpful resources to identify your flower visitors, visit: https://wildpollinatorcount.com/resources/ And to submit your observations, visit: https://wildpollinatorcount.com/submit-observations/ This native stingless bee made a charming picture today, as she collected balls of vivid orange pollen on her hind legs! It was a treat to enjoy the beautiful Autumn sunshine and learn more about our vital pollinating insects. #bees #nativebees #butterflies #beetles #ozpollinators #flowers #gardens

11.01.2022 Only two days left to do your Wild Pollinator Count -- but there's still time to take part this weekend! Wild Pollinator Count ends on Sunday 15th November. It's quick and easy and contributes to pollinator conservation in Australia. Just spend 10 minutes watching insects on flowers in your garden or park, then upload your observations online. For full details on how to take part, visit: https://wildpollinatorcount.com/2020/11/07/time-to-count-2/... Great resources are available too, to help id your discoveries: https://wildpollinatorcount.com/resources/ We look forward to seeing what everyone finds, Australia-wide! #bees #nativebees #stinglessbees #bluebandedbees #butterflies #beetles #ozpollinators

10.01.2022 Our native bees are enjoying some much-needed rain! As steady rain falls over Sydney and the mountains, our blue banded bees are napping on their roost in the shelter of the house eaves. After months of devastating fires in NSW, we hope this rain brings some respite to our hard-hit wildlife, as well as to our exhausted fire fighters. ... So many native bees, that nest in tiny holes in timber, would have lost their nest sites in these fires. You could help these bees by setting up a Bee Hotel. Find out how: https://www.aussiebee.com.au/bee-hotel-aussie-bee-guide.html #nativebees #bluebandedbees #ozpollinators #beehotel

10.01.2022 Take part in the 3rd Australian Survey of Stingless Beekeeping! Here is a chance to share your experiences as a stingless bee keeper - and maybe win a great prize too! #stinglessbees #nativebees #honey #pollination #ozpollinators

10.01.2022 Even in mid-winter our native stingless bees are busy in warm areas! So it pays to choose a wide range of plants for your bee-friendly garden which flower throughout the year. More tips: https://www.aussiebee.com.au/bee-friendly-garden.html This stunning photo is by Geoffrey Dutton. #nativebees #stinglessbees #gardens #ozpollinators

09.01.2022 https://www.facebook.com/events/1218181208566925 Here is a great event on native stingless bees to kick off Australian Pollinator Week! Join ABC’s Costa Georgiadis and Sydney Native Bee's Dan Smailes for an online ‘Walk & Talk’ about 'Native Bee Conservation in Action’ tomorrow - Sun 8 November. #stinglessbees #nativebees #ozpollinators

07.01.2022 https://www.australianpollinatorweek.org.au/explore/ Australian Pollinators Weeks starts today -- and there's so much more to enjoy! -- Take part in fascinating online seminars by Australian native bee specialists Australia-wide!... -- Join in the Spring Wild Pollinator Count -- an easy and valuable Citizen Science project, great for young and old! -- And have some fun with the Global Online Waggle Dance Challenge -- aiming to collect 20,000 waggle dance videos, from 20 countries, in 2020, representing the world's 20,000 species of bees. To explore all the events and resources for Australian Pollinator Week, visit: https://www.australianpollinatorweek.org.au/ #bees #nativebees #ozpollinators

06.01.2022 https://www.museumoftheearth.org/bees/ A Superb Online Exhibition on the World's Bees While celebrating World Bee Day this week, take a look at this fabulous exhibition of info, videos and photos on the World's 20,000 bee species! Learn about bee diversity, evolution (including fossil bees in amber), behaviour, nests and much more, and read about how to support these vital pollinators. ... Presented by the New York Museum of the Earth, this free exhibition runs until August 2020. #bees #nativebees #worldbeeday #ozpollinators

05.01.2022 Happy Father's Day to all Dads everywhere! 'Dads' in the native bee world can be very spectacular. This handsome chap is a male Metallic Carpenter Bee. To see some other fascinating Australian native bee 'Dads', check out:... -- male blue banded bees on their roosts: https://www.aussiebee.com.au/blue_banded_bee.html --the massive roosts of the male Lipotriches bees: https://www.aussiebee.com.au/nomia-and-lipotriches.html Have a wonderful day, Fathers one and all! #bees #nativebees #ozpollinators

04.01.2022 https://wildpollinatorcount.com//its-spring-almost-time-t/ Wild Pollinator Count starts this Sunday 8 November! You're all invited to get out in the garden next week (8-15 Nov) and take part in the Spring Wild Pollinator Count! It only takes 10 minutes and you do not need any special gear or knowledge. ... Just observe the insects visiting some flowers in your garden or park and submit your observations online, to help support pollinator conservation in Australia. A great family or community project! For full instructions and resources to help you id your finds, visit: https://wildpollinatorcount.com #bees #nativebees #butterflies #beetles #ozpollinators #gardens #pollination

04.01.2022 https://www.horticulture.com.au//glasshouse-trials-prove-/ Stingless Bee success in crop pollination trials Trials of stingless bee pollination of greenhouse strawberries found good yields of tasty fruit were produced. This is part of a major Western Sydney Uni research program searching for better ways to use Australia's native wild pollinators.... European honeybees do not adapt well to greenhouses and can sting; and pollinating by hand is labour intensive. So using native stingless bees as pollinators could be a good option for growers. Professor James Cook said: 'Australia is home to around 2000 species of native bees, as well as thousands of species of pollinating moths, flies, butterflies, birds and even bats, that all contribute to native and managed ecosystem pollination.' #bees #nativebees #ozpollinators #pollination #strawberries

04.01.2022 We shall remember them... Lest we forget...

03.01.2022 https://wildpollinatorcount.com//one-week-until-autumn-wi/ Autumn Wild Pollinator Count starts next Sun, 12 April Here's a great activity to do in your garden at home, during a stay-at-home Covid-19 Easter! It's fun for all ages and needs no special equipment or knowledge. Just watch the insects visiting some flowers in your garden for 10 minutes and submit your observations online. ... Of course, as the organisers emphasise, "Please make sure to follow your state or territory’s COVID19 restrictions and don’t travel to parks or reserves to look for flowers. If you are unable to contribute this time, our next count will be on again in November, so please join us then." Wild Pollinator Count runs from 12 to 19 April. For tips on counting, visit: https://wildpollinatorcount.com/count-pollinators/ Stay safe and well, and enjoy the fascinating insect pollinators in your garden! #bees #nativebees #butterflies #beetles #flies #ozpollinators #gardens

02.01.2022 Luckily our beautiful native bees carry on, even during a Coronavirus crisis :) #bees #nativebees