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Geelong Beekeepers Club Inc.

Locality: Belmont, Victoria, Australia

Address: Belmont Masonic Centre, 25 Regent Street 3216 Belmont, VIC, Australia

Website: https://geelongbeekeepersclub.org.au/

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24.01.2022 Bees are essential for the pollination of up to 65% of our agricultural produce. The two simple and mandatory steps of registering as a beekeeper and recording ...your biosecurity activities will help protect Victoria’s apiary industry and the agricultural industries reliant on honey bee pollination. The beekeeper diary in the BeeMAX beekeeper registration and surveillance database lets beekeepers easily record all biosecurity observations and activities in one central place, such as pest and disease inspections, swarm collection data and any biosecurity training completed. This will facilitate real-time analysis of data to identify significant trends and risks to Victoria’s $17.5 million apiary industry and improve our ability to respond to an exotic honey bee pest or disease incursion. For the International Year of Plant Health we are shining the spotlight on the many ways to help protect plant life in the world of agriculture: planthealthyear.org.au/ Follow this link for more info including registering as a beekeeper and for BeeMAX: agriculture.vic.gov.au//honey-bees/beekeeping-for-beginners #IYPH2020

23.01.2022 Please note if you reside in an area with Stage 4 restrictions:

23.01.2022 This might be useful

23.01.2022 Read AHBIC's latest newsletter: https://honeybee.org.au/june-july-2020-newsletter/

22.01.2022 Here's another online biosecurity talk from Biosecurity Queensland.

21.01.2022 https://www.australianpollinatorweek.org.au/ Australian Pollinator week: 8-15 November. Get involved!

21.01.2022 https://mailchi.mp/3c62efee7248/ahbic-biosecurity-update On Sunday 1 November, 2020 a container was unloaded from an international vessel at Brisbane port and there was an Apis florea (red dwarf honey bee or dwarf honey bee) nest on the container. Examination of the bees have found no external mites.

19.01.2022 This is a donation many beekeepers would love to receive - consider supporting the conference and hope your name is drawn

18.01.2022 What keeps an Australian beekeeper awake at night? Varroa mites.......... Want to learn more about the biosecurity program in place to protect our honey bee i...ndustry? We've got a fantasitc podcast for you to listen to tonight. Follow the link below for an informative overview of the risks exotic pests, mites and diseases could have on our Australian honey bee industry and the subsequent industries dependent on honey bees for pollination of health food. This is a great podcast produced by our friends at Biosecurity Queensland. We thank them for making this educational overview to assist beekeepers both old and new to ensure they meet their biosecurity obligations. With the exponential increase in hobby beekeeping recently, it is absolutely critical every beekeeper and hive is registered with Biosecurity Queensland. If you've got any questions about registering your hive or becoming a new beekeeper, please contact the Queensland Department of Agriculture on 13 25 23. Bee biosecurity is everyone's business. #healthybeesneedhealthytrees #qbabees #beesecurityisfoodsecurity #queenslandbeekeepers #eatqld #beesneedtrees #biosecurityqueensland

16.01.2022 As Victoria’s Bee Biosecurity Officer, it is part of Ally Driessen’s role to promote the National Bee Biosecurity Code of Practice. The code outlines what beeke...epers need to do to keep their bees healthy and help protect Australia’s honey bee industry from unwanted pests and diseases. To find out more about what Ally does, watch this video produced by the Almond Board of Australia Industry development team. #australianalmonds #IYPH2020

15.01.2022 Stephen Fridey, Geelong Beekeepers Club president, conducts a pre-spring inspection

15.01.2022 Lets face it there are more days and weeks of celebrating differnt things than there are days on the claendar. And Australian Pollinator Week is another event t...hat takes place as a spotlight on what we can engage with every other day and or week of the year. So while pollinator week took place a couple of weeks ago, there are still events going on that help inform and continue to raise awareness about our pollinators and their role in our lives, as share house partners of the landscapes where our homes, workplaces and lives carry on. Theres so many ways we can connect with our pollinators from native bees, native wasps, hover flies, honey bees,microbats, butterflies, moths and the list goes on. So I am super happy to be able to share some time with a very active advocate for pollinators in Australia Fiona Chambers from Wheen Bee Foundation. As part of the ongoing work of Rotary for Bees Fiona and I will be presenting as part of Your Garden - Our Future a free online talk this Thursday. Its a chance for us to look and share lots of information for everyone from children and families to individuals through all generations explaining not just the importance of our pollinators but ways that you/we all can help their ongoing survival, regeneration and sustainable growth in all our ecosystems. All the links and buzz for this talk are contained below. Bees in the burbs Planet Ark Love Food Hate Waste - Community Gardening Club of Australia Australian Gardening Club Sustainability Victoria Sydney Native Bees Sydney stingless bees Australian Native Bees on Aussie Bee Website Amateur Beekeepers Association of NSW Gold Coast Amateur Beekeepers Society Hunter Valley Amateur Beekeepers' Association Mid North Coast Amateur Beekeepers Association Inc. Backyard Beekeeping Ba Sustain: The Australian Food Network Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance ASLG: Australian Sustainable Living Group ABC Organic Gardener ABC Gardening Australia magazine Paddock To Plate - Hawkesbury NSW https://www.australianpollinatorweek.org.au//your-garden-/

15.01.2022 Here's some good advice when buying nucs:

14.01.2022 Message from AHBIC: avoid buying or using imported beeswax.

13.01.2022 Advice from the VAA: The VAA has been working with Governments during the current COVID-19 pandemic to ensure that our interests are considered as part of any movement restrictions and exemptions that apply to individuals and businesses. I have been able to gain some clarity around beekeepers being able to attend their hives for husbandry purposes in areas currently subject to stage 3 and 4 movement restrictions. The link below takes you directly to the relevant web page whi...ch has a number of frequently asked questions (FAQ’s). Where the FAQ indicates that you need to provide evidence about your animals/insects, I suggest that you carry a copy (both hard copy and electronic) of your beekeeper registration with you in the event of you being spot checked by authorities. For current information please check the relevant Victorian and the AHBIC websites as they hold considerable amounts of relevant information for you and your business. As the COVID-19 response continues, I will continue to represent the VAA and our interests at the relevant industry forums being hosted by Agriculture Victoria.ou and your business. Kind regards, Phil McPherson, President VAA Inc

13.01.2022 Some worrying activity occurring in Queensland.

12.01.2022 Australian Pollinator Week.2020 Live Q&A 4pm AEDT What a great week of pollinator awareness events and activities there has been going on around the country. As... a thankyou to everyone who has been involved, organised an event online or participated in the Wild Pollinator Count or just looked and seen some activity in their neighbourhood or who wants to learn more about our pollinators we are having a question and answer session where you can bring your questions about our pollinators and have them answered by some of our most amazing pollinator advocates from around the country. From Central Tablelands of NSW Science Communicator, conservationist specialising in Wild Pollinator Count and native bees from Bee Business we will be joined by Dr Megan Halcoft From Sydney Native Bees and Vice President of the Australian Native Bee Association Dan Smailes From Melbourne and CEO of the Wheen Bee Foundation we have Fiona Chambers From Brisbane and President of the Australian Native Bee Association from Sugarbag Bees entomologist Dr Tim Heard And from Perth we are being joined by PhD Researcher from Bees in the burbs and Native Bee Educator Kit Prendergast. This is one mighty panel of specialists who are super keen to take your questions about our native pollinators as well as wrap up Pollinator Week for 2020. We will be live from 4pm Send in any questions in advance or bring them along to the chat from 4pm AEDT. Image : Xylocopa (Lestis) aerata female Sydney’s Northern Beaches * Dan Smailes Sydney Native Bee Rescue Sydney stingless bees Australian Native Bees on Aussie Bee Website Australian Native Bee Association Australian Stingless Bees + other native bees Australian Native Bee South Australian Native Bees Australian Native Bees Tamworth Australian Native Bee Network Stingless Bees Native Stingless Beekeeping Greg's Native Stingless Bees Native Bee Nick Brisbane Valley Bees - native bee rescue. North Queensland Native Stingless Bees Bexhill Native Stingless Bees Cairns Native Stingless Bees Ninderry Native Stingless Bees Native Stingless Bees PH Native stingless Bees for Bello Native Bee Care Australia Pollinator Alliance Pollinator Friendly Alliance Planet Ark Sustainability News National Sustainable Living Festival Milkwood Australian Native Plant Enthusiasts forum Australian Ethnobotany & Sustainable Gardening Sustain: The Australian Food Network Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance @

11.01.2022 For our new beekeepers who may require equipment to undertake their sugar shake test

11.01.2022 Read Bee Aware's latest newsletter:

10.01.2022 Free webinar - register here: https://events.humanitix.com/powerful-pollinators-western-d

08.01.2022 Important work undertaken by AgVic to preserve our bees and the beekeeping industry

07.01.2022 A nice reminder of one of our bees food supply.

07.01.2022 https://amp.abc.net.au/article/12842508

07.01.2022 Want to know how to split a hive - watch this video to find out:

05.01.2022 Download and read AHBIC's latest newsletter:

05.01.2022 Bee Scientifics have announced the publication of our Fellowship report "Investigation of Varroa Resistance Honey Bee Breeding Programs in the United States for Application in Australia"

05.01.2022 If you haven't seen AFB, these photos and explanations are very hey.

04.01.2022 What a wonderful sight! Here's a hardworking bee collecting pollen and helping to pollinate our macadamia flowers in Moolap. Looking forward to harvesting the nuts in around 12 months time!

04.01.2022 https://youtu.be/K6DYYnZZgGc Here's the second part of the hive splitting video series. And remember - always have a Plan B!

02.01.2022 Wow! Night foragers!

01.01.2022 https://honeybee.org.au/october-2020-newsletter/ Read AHBIC's latest newsletter: