Busy Bush Bees NSW in Faulkland | Food and drinks company
Busy Bush Bees NSW
Locality: Faulkland
Phone: +61 400 188 803
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25.01.2022 Some facts about honey and honey bees.
22.01.2022 a brief guide of where you can still find these ten major groups of Australian native bees
21.01.2022 I held my breath reading this story Great article And wow Paris go for bio diversity! Wish could see more native hives around what a great idea
21.01.2022 This is after 4.5 hours. The patterns are almost identical on each side of a frame which would suggest that those rows were not cracked when turning the key. Have now turned the key in each frame several times. One frame was drained completely, judging by the colour.
19.01.2022 Leafcutter bees take the pieces of leaf back to their nests which are in burrows in the ground or in a narrow crevice. There they weave the leaf pieces into a c...ylindrical brood cell for their young. This neat brood cell was woven by a Leafcutter Bee for her young in her nest in a hollow bamboo tube. She stocked the cell with nectar and pollen, before laying a single egg in the cell and sealing it up. See more
18.01.2022 Unfortunately I needed to break the comb to get out
18.01.2022 Australias largest bees, the Great Carpenter Bees Xylocopa (17 to 26mm), are 10x longer than our smallest bees, the Quasihesma Bees (2mm)!
17.01.2022 The best types of candle to use.
16.01.2022 Why Does Honey Crystallise? It is a common occurrence in household pantries. Its probably winter, and the jar of honey that once contained molten golden honey ...has suddenly changed and become whiteish and semi-solid. This crystallisation is normal, but is usually met by distaste, as the honey-owner feels that their jar of delicious syrupy joy has suddenly spoiled. However, this process is natural, as real raw honey does crystallise. In fact, it reflects your honey is natural and good quality. In nature, honey often crystallises, or sets, in the comb. It is a spontaneous and completely natural process that sees unheated honey become more solid, change colour and form crystals. The process is not always uniform, and sometimes the crystals will form on the top section of the honey jar, while the bottom part remains liquid. Some crystals are large and gritty, while some others are fine. So, how does this occur? Honey is a supersaturated solution of three sugars: glucose and fructose and a small amount of sucrose. This natural phenomenon occurs when glucoseone of three main sugars in honeyspontaneously precipitates out of the honey solution. The glucose loses water (becoming glucose monohydrate) and takes the form of a crystal (a solid body with an orderly structure). The crystals make a lattice formation which immobilises other components of honey in a suspended structure, creating the semi-solid crystal state. The faster honey crystallises, the finer the texture will be, and as it forms crystals, the colour of the honey lightens. Despite this looking strange, there is actually no effect on the honey itself; it will still taste the same and has not deteriorated in quality in any way. Actually, this process works in the opposite way, preserving the flavour and quality of the product. As the taste becomes richer in this form, and the substances higher viscosity means it is easier to spread, crystallised honey is sometimes preferred by consumers, and asked for in certain recipes. It is the perfect consistency to spread on toast or sandwiches! However, if you want to reverse your honey back to its original liquid form, the honey jar can be placed in a pot of warm water and heated to a low heat until liquid again. Alternatively, the jar can just be left in a bowl of hot water for a long period of time, not on the stove element. A quick blast in the microwave for a couple 15 second intervals can also help reverse the crystal forms. Despite this returning your honey to the way it was originally, honey will re-crystallise if not used quickly. Do not despair or throw your honey away as this is when honey is (debatably) at its best and most flavoursome. See more
16.01.2022 STOLEN!!!!! 60+ Beehives all singles, brand new equipment. All fire branded Also stenciled with H168.. Colours are mostly white some may have been blue/grey and... brown.These hives were all nucs (nucleus beehives/baby hives) bought and built up from spring and are now ready to go on a honey flow.. bees were located on forlonge memorial rd EUROA, VICTORIA 3666.. Right next to the memorial site.. its has been reported to the police! and so if anyone knows or see the whereabouts can you please come forward or Contact the police ... I cant believe it. Feel sick , So Pissed off!! Heart broken!! how someone can just take something you've work so hard for. Something you love doing! I dedicate my life to keeping these things With all the Bush fires and drought going on that i have to worry about. And now this !not the start of the year I wanted! I hope these people have it given to them!.
16.01.2022 Checked 4 hives today and brought 2 flow hives inside. The last few extractions before winter were disappointing, so wanted to figure out what the problem was. Here are the photos of the first hive. All frames full. Then after half an hour basically no change, some evidence of cells emptying but some frames still full and very little honey. Some honey dripping on the inside but not much. I increased the tilt. That helped. Next post will show increased tilt and after 4.5 hours dripping
13.01.2022 Extraction flow hive style with normal frames
13.01.2022 Abeja (Apis mellifera) en modo hidratacin.
10.01.2022 This looks amazing
09.01.2022 This is a honey bee. The pollen on her legs is from dandelions. Her tongue is sticking out due to what killed her that was on the dandelions. Dandelions are th...e bees first food. This bee is dead from weed killer spread on what we see as weeds, but what nature sees as food. Please dont spray for weeds until you see the blackberries blooming. In this area, weeds, flowers and fruit trees are bees only source of food until middle of June. There are FAR more weeds than flowers or fruit trees, so its their only food source. No bees, no food crops for us and we all starve. Thanks Richard Clarke. See more
09.01.2022 Reed Bees also use exotic plants for their nests and are particularly fond of using canes of the weed Lantana. If clumps of Lantana are removed during Bush Rege...neration campaigns, populations of Reed Bees may be destroyed. However, it is possible to save and relocate Reed Bee nests from Lantana. The nests can be moved and set up in a safe garden, as shown in this photo. Reed Bees belong to the family Apidae. They are found in all states and territories of Australia. See more
08.01.2022 Here is a bit more info for Thomas and anyone interested in seeing if they have reed bees in their gardens. The reed bees name comes from their habit of nesti...ng in dried-out stems of a number of plants including the introduced weed Lantana. The entrance to these nests is often guarded by a female bee, using her abdomen or face to block the entrance. Some species show cooperative behaviour, sharing a nest and foraging or guard duties. Unusually, the nests are not divided into discreet chambers for larvae. In fact, in the most common species, larvae and pupae lie together in a pile. See more
07.01.2022 Apparently this is a US posting but the message was about being careful with pesticides and herbicides......
06.01.2022 Australia has 1,500 species of native bees. Only 10 of these species are stingless. Here is a list of some of them. 1. Green Carpenter Bees Use buzz pollinati...on. The largest is up to 24mm. 2. Blue Banded Bees Use buzz pollination. 3. Teddy Bear Bees -. Use buzz pollination. 4. Reed Bees (nest together in hollow canes) 5. Resin Bees (collect resin to build cell partitions) 6. Homalictus Bees ( tiny 5mm, bright colours, female groups co-habit) 7. Masked Bees 8. Stingless Bees 9. Leafcutter Bees Leafcutter bees cut circular or oval shaped pieces of leaf and use them to build tiny cradles for their eggs inside the cavity. There are hundreds of species of solitary native bees in Australia in a wide range of colours and sizes. Many nest in burrows in the ground. Others nest in pre-exisiting crevices or holes in timber. Australia also has some native species of social bees (Trigona and Austroplebeia). Our Australian social native bees are black and only 4 mm long. Photo by Michael Freeth on Flickr See more
04.01.2022 Love these cartoons and now one on honey!
03.01.2022 Why Does Honey Crystallise? It is a common occurrence in household pantries. It’s probably winter, and the jar of honey that once contained molten golden honey ...has suddenly changed and become whiteish and semi-solid. This crystallisation is normal, but is usually met by distaste, as the honey-owner feels that their jar of delicious syrupy joy has suddenly spoiled. However, this process is natural, as real raw honey does crystallise. In fact, it reflects your honey is natural and good quality. In nature, honey often crystallises, or sets, in the comb. It is a spontaneous and completely natural process that sees unheated honey become more solid, change colour and form crystals. The process is not always uniform, and sometimes the crystals will form on the top section of the honey jar, while the bottom part remains liquid. Some crystals are large and gritty, while some others are fine. So, how does this occur? Honey is a supersaturated solution of three sugars: glucose and fructose and a small amount of sucrose. This natural phenomenon occurs when glucoseone of three main sugars in honeyspontaneously precipitates out of the honey solution. The glucose loses water (becoming glucose monohydrate) and takes the form of a crystal (a solid body with an orderly structure). The crystals make a lattice formation which immobilises other components of honey in a suspended structure, creating the semi-solid crystal state. The faster honey crystallises, the finer the texture will be, and as it forms crystals, the colour of the honey lightens. Despite this looking strange, there is actually no effect on the honey itself; it will still taste the same and has not deteriorated in quality in any way. Actually, this process works in the opposite way, preserving the flavour and quality of the product. As the taste becomes richer in this form, and the substance’s higher viscosity means it is easier to spread, crystallised honey is sometimes preferred by consumers, and asked for in certain recipes. It is the perfect consistency to spread on toast or sandwiches! However, if you want to reverse your honey back to its original liquid form, the honey jar can be placed in a pot of warm water and heated to a low heat until liquid again. Alternatively, the jar can just be left in a bowl of hot water for a long period of time, not on the stove element. A quick blast in the microwave for a couple 15 second intervals can also help reverse the crystal forms. Despite this returning your honey to the way it was originally, honey will re-crystallise if not used quickly. Do not despair or throw your honey away as this is when honey is (debatably) at its best and most flavoursome. See more
03.01.2022 Checked the hives and lots of honey including some fantastic honeycomb. One hive filled an entire box that had only empty frames without foundation. The honeycomb is out of this world
02.01.2022 Merry Christmas to all
