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25.01.2022 Thank you to everyone who attended our Honey Hackathon for 2019! A special thank you to Mike Borowiec from Bee Firm, Jackie Ho from Yanchep Beach Joint Venture and UWA PhD student Kenneth Ho. The day was inspiring with all the collaboration and great ideas. It started with success stories from last year and ended with completely different product ideas. We cannot wait to see what the future holds for these start ups!
25.01.2022 Join us at our Monthly Bee Talk! This months talk is on "Mapping Flora to Honey" presented by A/Prof Bryan Boruff from the University of Western Australia. Over the past two years, together Bryan and Manita have been gathering all the honey bee flora data on the south-west of Western Australia they can find and in-putting it into a GIS-based database. Why is this so important to beekeepers and honey packers, and for our food security?... Where: Yanchep Institute, 128 Yanchep Beach Road, Yanchep When: Monday 10:30am, 9th of March Click on this link for event information and to get a free ticket: https://www.facebook.com/events/646996222786636/ Tickets are free but you are welcome to donate to Hive Aid (Beekeeper drought and bushfire relief) via the Eventbrite link found on the event page. Next months talk on the 6th of April will be on "The Science Behind the Art of Bee Monitoring." presented by UWA PhD student Omar Anwar... more details will be released soon!
24.01.2022 This is the new retail home of Western Australian MediGum honey!
24.01.2022 CRC for Honey Bee Products PhD researcher Jessica Moran named finalist in the 2020 CRC Early Career Showcase! Congratulations Jessica, we look forward to the finals on June 24th. More details here: http://www.crchoneybeeproducts.com/phd-jessica-moran-final/
24.01.2022 Leptospermum seedlings in the WAPres nursery for ManukaLife three years ago - old enough now for nectar harvesting and producing Manuka honey. See our new brochure of the research foundation for this industry to grow http://www.crchoneybeeproducts.com/australian-manuka-honey/
24.01.2022 At last its out!
20.01.2022 If you are coming along to this years Honey Hackathon (Here is the event link: bit.ly/2GlgZbi ) you will be expecting these two guest speakers at our event - Mi...chael Borowiec, Brand Management Director and Edward Owen, Director of Bee Firm NRG - natural honey drinks. When Director of Bee Firm NRG, Edward Owen was out racing his Jet Boat in competition down at Baldivis, he noticed the alarming amount of energy drinks, sports drinks and soft drinks that were being consumed. Not only were these drinks full of processed sugars and artificial caffeines, they were also being consumed by children, adolescents and adults alike. The idea was born to create a drink that got rid of the nasties and could be consumed by athletes, sport minded people and the general punter. Utilising West Australian Red Gum Honey, Bee Firm NRG produced a natural honey drink and added Gubinge/Kakadu Plum and Ginseng. The result was a refreshing, tasty beverage that has been sold across the state, is making in-roads into the overseas market and best of all is West Australian. Brand Development Manager Michael Borowiec has developed marketing strategies and built a brand around Bee Firm NRG where they are recognised throughout the Honey Industry in Western Australia, across different supermarket and beverage retail chains and are starting to make an impact with the larger beverage companies. A highlight for the team was winning the 2018 Department of Primary Industries Regional Development Economic Development Award for their utilisation of regional ingredients such as Darling Range Honey and Kimberley Gubinge/Kakadu Plum. In two short years their drink has been sold through over 300 venues including The Westin Hotel, Cocos Restaurant, Parliament House and for the stargazers up at the Perth Observatory. With a presence at last years Collaborative Research Centre for Honey Bee Products Honey Hackathon as a guest speaker and as a judge, Michael is looking forward to again being a part of the Hackathon Team.
20.01.2022 We had a great day down at Yagan Square on Sunday, celebrating Honey Month! Thank you to everyone who came down and visited our stall.
16.01.2022 Watch PhD researcher Omar Anwar's presentation on the 'Science behind the Art of beekeeping'. Omar's 15-minute presentation is all about his innovative research on remote beehive monitoring. https://youtu.be/b3ULtjBh5os
16.01.2022 This year's Honey Bee Hackathon was exceptional thanks to the incredible attendees! Lots of great ideas were shared across these two days, ideas that we hope will develop into new businesses. A special congratulations to Rhonda Flottmann for taking home the prize! Keep an eye out for more exciting events in the future.
16.01.2022 What a difference a Christmas break can make. The Australian bush is still burning and that is the fodder for our honey bees to prepare for food pollination services. Last year we did a study on the impact of fire in WA on honey production (and bush pollination) and it was devastating. The aspect we were following up on through beekeeper diaries was the rate of bush recovery - different fire intensities and species make-up. The biggest problem is species change.
16.01.2022 History shows that we even had a spiritual connection with bees! Very interesting read.
15.01.2022 A bee friendly garden requires flowering year-round. With winter being ideal planting time, weve prepared this handy guide to help you choose the plants your bees will love: http://www.crchoneybeeproducts.com//WA-flowering-for-honey
15.01.2022 The Cooperative Research Centre AusIndustry management, Steve Stirling, Teena Blewitt and Dianne May visiting YHub to hear about the CRC for Honey Bee Products from Board member Gin Wah Ang and Liz Barbour. Really appreciate Steve and Teena coming from Canberra!
15.01.2022 Looking forward to sharing our research and listening to challenges in South Australia. So pleased the rain has at last come. Happy rain dancing!
14.01.2022 Tickets now selling! Dont miss out bit.ly/2GlgZbi
14.01.2022 MEDIA RELEASE Bee Hive Breathalyser Sniffs out Deadly Disease" CRCHBP researchers have patented a new technology that sniffs out the devastating American foulbrood disease: http://www.crchoneybeeproducts.com/bee-hive-breathalyser-s/
13.01.2022 Are you interested in starting up your own honey bee business?! From lipsticks and body creams to lozenges and tonics - honey can be used abundantly in a wide range of products. After a very successful Honey Hackathon last year we are back in May to think of innovative ways to use this precious, sticky and bioactive substance to make a valuable product. Tickets selling now!
13.01.2022 World Bee Day celebrated by Australian researchers The Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) for Honey Bee Products, which works to sustain and improve Australias honey bees, is celebrating World Bee Day (20th May). Since starting in late 2017, the CRC had attracted more than sixty researchers from a diverse range of scientific, arts and engineering fields to focus on the honey bee. This is not surprising as due to their combined effect on ensuring pollination services, the valu...e of managed and wild honey bees to the agricultural and horticultural industries in Australia is estimated at $14.2 billion. Work focused on honey bee health and honey bee products allows the industry to better understand and promote the benefits and the quality of local honeys, said CRC for Honey Bee Products CEO Liz Barbour. The CRC for Honey Bee Products has created a Geographic Information System database of honey bees favourite flora, tracked the timely production of nectar and pollen for their sustenance and equated the value of each floral zone for honey production, Dr Barbour explained. This is helping provide knowledge for a growing industry and allows them to harness crucial bee foraging resources. While Australia is known for its peroxide-bioactive Eucalypt honeys, amongst the flora the CRC genetically-defined as bioactive, it is Leptospermum species that can produce the highest-grade Manuka honey. Protecting the integrity of local honey products is also important, particularly in export markets. Australia-wide, the honey bee industry has its own quality assurance system, B-QUAL and the CRC partnership will provide the digital platform so that honey bee product traceability from our wild forests to customer can be assured, continued Dr Barbour. Australia is the lucky country for honey bee health and the CRC is aiming to keep it this way. The CRC is also developing a new set of tools including real-time disease detection and long-range electronic monitoring as well as building the immunity-defence of our bees and malnutrition detection to avoid colony collapse. With more than 30 projects running in the CRC it is an exciting place to bee. See more
12.01.2022 Great to see our partner UWA talking about honey bee research and highlighting Kate Hammers work.
12.01.2022 Wonderful to see wild bees buzzing in our own neighbourhood!
11.01.2022 One WEEK to GO. Early bird rates apply until April 30th. SAAA Conference is hosting the national update from the Cooperative Research Centre for Honey Bee Products. Book online: http://www.saaa.org.au/eve/saaa-agm/2019-agm-and-conference
11.01.2022 A new brochure Australian Manuka Honey is now available on our website. Learn about the significance of manuka honey and how the CRC for Honey Bee Products is leading research. Click the link to view: https://bit.ly/2Aw5gYJ
10.01.2022 Yuqi Yang, PhD candidate and researcher at the CRC for Honey Bee Products, aims to design a honey bee-friendly botanic garden in Western Australia.
09.01.2022 PhD candidate, Shannon Holt, discusses her project with the CRC for Honey Bee Products. Her research focuses on evaluating the immune responses of bees and the implications for resilience.
07.01.2022 The native bees are the aggressors!
05.01.2022 Calling all people who are NOT involved in honey research or the apiary industry (beekeepers, honey exporters, etc.) and reside in Perth! Our PhD Student Kenneth Ho, The University of Western Australia, is conducting a 20 minute pre-test that we would like you to participate in. As the pre-test is not done online, Kenneth is willing to travel to you. Participants will be instructed to view one of two types of honey (Wildflower/Jarrah) before answering the questionnaires. Please send an email stating your interest to [email protected].
04.01.2022 Attention all! Today is UWA Open Day and we have a stall to talk all things bees. Also, we have honey tastings AND if you guess the weight of our bucket of honey and you get it right - you could win the whole bucket! We are open from 9AM to 3PM so come down and say hi!
04.01.2022 Great to hear Katja Hogendoorn giving a thought-provoking overview on bees in Australia. She is doing a Project for the Cooperative Research Centre for Honey Bee Products in South Australia with the Leptospermum growers. Here is the link to her podcast!
03.01.2022 Happy World Bee Day! Here is one of our interns, Iris Sietsma working under our Honey Bee Hive Sites program. She is contributing to the development of nectar quantification methods to value apiary sites. In this photo she is bagging some Eucalypt flowers so the nectar can accumulate before sampling.
03.01.2022 We're excited to officially announce our plans for the Australasian Honey Bee Conference 2021! This joint event is hosted by the Cooperative Research Centr...e for Honey Bee Products, BICWA and Australian Honey Bee Industry Council. The conference itself will take place on the 30th of June and the 1st of July, but we will also have workshops and tours scheduled before and after. We are currently accepting submissions for presentations until the 1st of December. Please visit our website for more information.
03.01.2022 POSTPONED - Tried to do this through Eventbrite and it seems to not be sending the message out. This event has been postponed to September - when hopefully we can meet and have some fun together creating new honey bee products - till then Stay Safe!
02.01.2022 The EU are leading the way are many things
02.01.2022 MEDIA RELEASE: Bigger than wine, WAs agritourism future CRCHBP researchers in cooperation with DPIRD have published the most in-depth report on WAs agritourism industry to date: http://www.crchoneybeeproducts.com/bigger-than-wine-was-ag/
