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Lighthouse Honey

Locality: Port Macquarie, New South Wales

Phone: +61 401 461 449

Address: 40 Pettit Street 2444 Port Macquarie, NSW, Australia

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25.01.2022 https://www.portnews.com.au//call-for-action-as-honeypot-/

24.01.2022 All 700 hives have now been moved. And For the first time in almost 20 years of beekeeping none of our hives are at home in kempsey. It's looking like Another l...ean season is on the cards after what has been the worst on record with honey production for our operation down around 80% to what we usually do due to drought and fires. Lots of travelling is going to be done this coming season to try and chase some honey and keep the bees alive & healthy. Remember to keep buying australian honey and supporting local beekeepers. We need it now more than ever

24.01.2022 https://actions.sumofus.org/a/bunnings-drop-roundup-now-1

23.01.2022 "Almost nothing works sustainably without insects," Dr Martin Sorg said https://mobile.abc.net.au//insect-armageddon-eur/11593538

23.01.2022 Power to the people. Mornington Peninsula Shire mayor David Gill said the community does not want the spraying "and have made that clear". "We are not going to... have spraying on the Mornington Peninsula in October - they can come back to us and have another discussion," https://www.theage.com.au//buruli-ulcer-mosquito-spray-tri

23.01.2022 Chinese produce laundered into Australia via New Zealand. How can we trust any New Zealand imports? Horticulture New Zealand CEO publicly admits to importing v...egetables from China and sending on to Australia. An admission by the New Zealand Horticulture industry’s Chief Executive has confirmed once again that the New Zealand processed vegetable industry is importing vegetables from China, repackaging them in New Zealand and sending them to Australia as, ‘Made in New Zealand from local and imported ingredients’. In a recent media release Hort NZ Chief Executive Mr Peter Silcock conceded that New Zealand receives vegetables from China, freezes them and sends them to Australia. These sorts of practices are designed to mislead consumers about the origin of their food. If they see that something is a ‘product of New Zealand’ they would expect that it has been grown there, not sent from China to get a sprinkling of New Zealand product before being sent to Australia, said AUSVEG Chief Executive Officer, Mr Richard Mulcahy. AUSVEG is the National Peak Industry Body representing Australia’s 9,000 Vegetable and Potato growers. The Horticulture New Zealand release claims that there is no difference between ‘Made in Australia from local and imported ingredients’ and Made in New Zealand from local and imported ingredients. The deciding difference is that China has a Free Trade Agreement with New Zealand and that these practices are now such commonplace they are being endorsed to by the New Zealand Horticulture Industry, said Mr Mulcahy. AUSVEG has been campaigning for more stringent Country of Origin Labelling laws so that these sorts of loopholes are not possible. It’s unfair that the goodwill of Australian consumers who buy New Zealand produce on the basis that it comes from New Zealand is being so badly abused similarly to the expectation that when buying locally grown produce here in Australia, you expect it to be Australian, said Mr Mulcahy. The fact of the matter is that consumers are finding labels declaring country of origin confusing and difficult to understand. New regulations must be put in place to ensure that no claim of origin can be made that can deceive consumers, said Mr Mulcahy. https://ausveg.com.au//horticulture-new-zealand-ceo-publi/

22.01.2022 https://www.abc.net.au//medicinal-honey-in-austra/11635412

22.01.2022 Honey bees make honey from nectar to fuel their flight and our sweet tooth. But they also need pollen for protein. So they trap, brush and pack it into baskets on their legs to make a special food called bee bread.

22.01.2022 One honey bee visits 50-100 flowers during each collection trip and can harvest several thousand flowers in a day, making 12 or more trips, gathering pollen or nectar from a single floral species each!

21.01.2022 Hey there buddy! This handsome blue banded bee was spotted having a rest on a Dichopogon capillipes in the Kings Park bushland. The late flowering of the Dichopogon is an important source of pollen for these little guys

21.01.2022 .:\\ C'mon Out & Swarm Together //:. Our Sydney Native Bee Community .:. 1st Gathering Nov8th 7pm - 9:30pm .:. at Pocket City Farms in Camperdown Let's spread ...our social wings and join us in the celebratory formation & the official launch of our Sydney Native Bee Community // SNBC - Our regional branch of the Australian Native Bee Association // ANBA C'mon out on a Spring evening & welcome our special guests: .:. Tim Heard : Sugarbag Bees & ANBA .:. Francisco Garcia Bulle Bueno : Sydney Uni .:. Peter Clarke : Founder of Ku-ring-gai WildThings .:. Tobias Smith : Bee Aware & Uni of Qld : Swarming together at Pocket City Farms in Central Sydney to connect, share and learn in conversation : .:. Sydney local & regional : native honey tasting .:. observation hives & micro colonies .:. book sales, art & market stalls .:. habitat & hive displays .:. information, surprises & maybe more... ..:...:...:...:...:...:...:...:...:...:...:...:...:...:...:...:...:...:.. We have limited brood space available so be sure to secure your spot in the Sydney Spring Swarm Entry by a small donation will help our community grow and provide a collective space to share knowledge & experience. ..:...:...:...:...:...:...:...:...:...:...:...:...:...:...:...:...:...:.. ..:...:.. P L E A S E get your T I C K E T here ..:...:.. ..:...:...:...:...:...:...:...:...:...:...:...:...:...:...:...:...:...:.. https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/cmon-out-swarm-together-tic https://www.facebook.com/events/455367451750273/ ..:...:...:...:...:...:...:...:...:...:...:...:...:...:...:...:...:...:.. If you would like to be more involved on the evening and possibly have a display, please contact us via email: [email protected] or ph: 0404 604 569 Registration for ANBA membership will also be available on the evening. ..:...:...:...:...:...:...:...:...:...:...:...:...:...:...:...:...:...:.. Our event and formation is proudly supported by : .. Pocket City Farms .. Sydney Native Bees .. Australian Native Bee Association .. \\ Our Sydney Native Bee Community Values // .:. Biodiversity Conservation .:. Cultural Preservation .:. Collaborative Education .:. ..:...:...:...:...:...:...:...:...:...:...:...:...:...:...:...:...:...:..:.. ........................................................................... ...................................................................... ................................................................. ............................................................ ....................................................... .................................................. ............................................. ........................................ ................................... .............................. ......................... .................... ............... .......... ..... . STEP Tc Bee Bee Aware ABC Sydney Bee Yourself Sydney Wildlife Bee Day Australia What's on Sydney Faculty of Science, Up On The Rooftop University of Sydney Sydney Bee Club Inc What's On in Sydney Sydney stingless bees Save the Bees Australia Costa Georgiadis Official Loving Living Ku-ring-gai Permaculture Sydney West Permaculture Sydney North Permaculture Sydney South Coastal Environment Centre Hornsby Beekeeping Supplies Permaculture Sydney Institute Ku-ring-gai Wildflower Garden Sydney Inner West Beekeepers Permaculture Northern Beaches Sydney Illawarra Beekeepers (Assoc) Stony Range Regional Botanic Garden Sydney Society for Conservation Biology Australian Native Bees on Aussie Bee Website

20.01.2022 A couple of weeks ago we featured Dr Simon Williams and his quest to map the distribution of Australia's most medically-active leptospermum species. As the 'manuka' battle heats up, his findings are more important than ever... https://ab.co/33gUsGE

20.01.2022 Of course beeswax is made by honeybees but ever wondered how? One honeybee can produce 8 wax flakes in about 12 hours. Bees are amazing!

20.01.2022 Humans and bees have been evolving together in unison for at least 10000 years. Bees have a similar ideas on beauty. We have similar yearnings when it comes to... flowers, perfume and #taste. As plants had no legs they had to evolve in ways that would enrol insects to be their legs. Flowers intuitively created elaborate costumes, perfumes and #nectar to attract bees that in turn ensures their survival through pollination. See more

20.01.2022 https://www.abc.net.au//mass-bee-death-ballina-co/11755892

19.01.2022 Engineers brought together by Mars are now using technology to save Australia's bees from devastating varroa mites http://www.abc.net.au//purple-hive-project-aims-t/12485018

19.01.2022 https://www.theguardian.com//honeybees-deaths-almonds-hive

19.01.2022 https://www.abc.net.au//honey-shortages-and-price/11657586

18.01.2022 Please sign and share https://www.change.org/p/ban-neonicotinoids-in-australia

18.01.2022 Cute bum. #bumblebee #tasmania #saffron photo @campo_de_flori While the #Bumblebee is in mass decline where it is indigenous in #Europe and #America the species... is thriving in #Tasmania. They are fuzzy, lumbering, buzzing insects, common in Tasmanian gardens in spring, but you may not realise they are not originally from around Tasmania. It's been 20 years since the European bumble bee, bombus terrestris, was introduced and its impact is still spreading. The species was first found in the state in 1992 and has since firmly established itself. University of Tasmania honorary research associate Dr Andrew Hingston says exactly how they got here may forever remain a mystery. "They just turned up and were first found in Battery Point," he says. "Another bee was seen up towards central Tasmania at about the same time, which does suggest it wasn't one isolated bee being brought in." Genetic analysis indicates the local population of bees is descended fromat least two or more queens. "It does suggest that they were deliberately brought in," Dr Hingston says. "But it wasn't an official govt sanctioned introduction; it sounds like somebody decided to sneak them in for some reason." Making a bee-line outwards "They're just everywhere, also on Bruny Island, Maria Island, and Maatsuyker Island," Dr Hingston says. Since then, there has been evidence it has spread even further. "By 2008 I received a report of them on Cape Barron Island," Dr Hingston says. "So they're starting to move out across Bass Strait as well onto the Furneaux group." The limited genetic lineage of bumble bees in Tasmania doesn't appear to be stopping them spreading, but it could be at least slowing them down. "They are quite resilient to the effects of inbreeding, research in Europe has shown that to be the case," Dr Hingston says. http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2012/09/18/3592865.htm Many people would be surprised to know that 90% of the feral (wild) bee population in the United States has died out. Recent studies in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands have shown that bee diversity is down 80 percent in the sites researched, and that bee species are declining or have become extinct in Britain. The studies also revealed that the numbers of wildflowers that depend on pollination have dropped by 70 percent. Which came first, the decline in wildflowers or the decline in pollinators, has yet to be determined. If bees continue to die off so would the crops they support and with that would ensue major economic disruption and possibly famine.

17.01.2022 KILLING BEES IN A WALL WITH PESTICIDES I regularly hear of people calling pest controllers to "remove" bees that have moved into their house walls. The pest co...ntroller will charge $200-400 and will spray or dust pesticide into the wall and the bees will die. Job done. Well.....the bees have gone, but will they come back? Firstly, home owners need to understand that the reason that the bees are their walls is that they have a entry hole allowing the bees in. No entry point...no bees can get in. Pest controllers will not fill the holes, so another swarm can easily move in later in the season or the following season, cha ching. Once bees are killed in a wall, they leave trace smells that are highly attractive to other scout bees from future swarms. This cavity becomes a high risk target for future bee swarms. When a pest controller kills the bees in a wall, is the the end of the matter? Well, no. Firstly there is up to 60,000 dead bees and all of their comb and babies that are left in the wall to contend with. If this is left in the wall, it will slowly decay and give off a putrid smell for weeks. This smell will enter the house. Secondly, there is the residual honey, which can be up to 50kg in a mature hive. On the first hot day, if it is still in the wall, the wax comb will melt and the honey will run down the wall and can come inside leaving a sticky pesticide laden mess for the resident to clean up. This often happens when the pest controller uses a highly toxic, repellant type pesticide. Thirdly, and probably the worst consequence is when the pest controller uses a non-repellant (non detectable by insects) type pesticide. Once the bees are dead and the honey is unprotected, the bees from other local hives will smell it and proceed to rob it out and take it back to their home to feed the hive. The natural consequence of this behaviour is that many other local hives will die due to secondary pesticide poisoning. Last season I was called out to rescue a bee swarm that had just moved into a wall. The homeowner had a pest controller dust the first swarm that went into the cavity a few weeks earlier. Within a week of the first kill, another swarm arrived and moved in. This was again killed by a pest controller. They called me as they thought that there might have been a better way. Well the third swarm was in the wall and I arranged to come back in a few days to see if they had survived. I was sceptical as they had moved into the same spot. When I returned, I found that the third swarm had in fact died in the wall. There was still some bees rolling around on the ground obviously affected by pesticides. While I was there I heard the roar of another swarm and sure enough they landed on the same spot. I got up on a ladder and spotted the queen and put her in a clip. I then put the clip in a hive on the roof and the bees all started to move into the hive. Some were going in the wall as this was their target new home. I left the hive on the roof for a few days and when I returned it was full of dead bees, including the queen. They had all been affected by the residual pesticide in the wall. So, in all, a single hole in the wall and two pest controller jobs resulted in killing 4 swarms. Please make sure that you cover up the holes in your houses and you will not get bees (or worse wasps) moving in. If bees do move in, contact a beekeeper who is experienced in bee removal (btw not many are) and talk through the issue with them. In most instances, the bee removalist will remove and relocate the bees, plug up the holes all for a similar cost to a pest controller.

17.01.2022 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

16.01.2022 One of our hives has been poisoned. This was a thriving hive last week. Now they won’t survive a month. This happened because someone sprayed their flowering g...ardens with an herbicide/pesticide. Please abstain from spraying, but if you do, don’t spray the actual flowers. It not only kills honey bees, but any pollinator visiting your garden. And it moves up the food chain- birds die because they eat those pollinators. This is so sad. Please spread the word. See more

16.01.2022 The secret ingredient: honey

16.01.2022 Weed-killer glyphosate have been found in New Zealand honey, prompting concern for the high-value mnuka industry. Their first round of testing took place in 2...015 and 2016 and saw 300 mostly raw and unprocessed samples gathered from all over the country. They later found 67 of them, or 22.3 per cent, contained small traces of glyphosate and 5 of those, or 1.7 per cent, were over our regulatory limits. A second test, conducted in 2018 and 2019, found traces in 11 of 60 packaged mnuka honey products available openly for sale. An unnamed New Zealand producer began an investigation in 2018, when glyphosate was detected in its honey in an overseas retail market, and went on to find honey with glyphosate levels above New Zealand’s regulatory limits. Their investigation into the detections found residues present in unprocessed honey at levels above the New Zealand default maximum residue limit. The MPI study expands on this and found the contamination is likely caused by bees visiting flowering plants that have been sprayed with glyphosate. It says there is very little beekeepers can do to limit exposure as the chemical is widely used. Beekeepers also have little practical means of excluding bees from foraging on plants treated with glyphosate. It's tainted, and it's not the beekeepers’ fault, it's the fault of a regulatory environment that doesn't control it enough. If New Zealand wants to be a cheap commodity producer, producing tainted food, then that's New Zealand choice, or we can actually have stronger regulation, which protects our free market. It’s a headache for big mnuka exporters like who have been selling contaminated honey as a pure product sometimes for more than $200 a jar. Consumers, we understand, don't want to see any residues in their honey, and neither do we. Petition www.change.org/Glyphosate https://www.google.com.au//JTJGY29udGVudCUyRnR2bnolMkZvbmV

16.01.2022 Woolworths is playing with fire and beekeepers are furious with the supermarket chain because it has given premium shelf space to a Texas Honey Packing Corporat...ion that is being sued in America for lying on their labels. Nature Nates is accused of selling heated honey as raw honey and questions are being asked about its use of the terms pure and unfiltered. According to the company they strain the honey but not filter it which many consumers find misleading. https://youtu.be/wMdyqT1yC4I https://topclassactions.com//881041-nature-nates-class-ac/ Most Supermarket honeys have to be heated because to pack honey into containers it first must go through pipes. To be considered raw honey the honey should not be heated over 38 degrees as that’s the hottest is likely to ever get inside a beehive. Raw honey is honey that hasn’t been heated or pasteurised , and it contains natural vitamins, enzymes, powerful antioxidants, and other important nutrients. Raw honey has anti-bacterial, anti-viral, and anti-fungal properties, and promotes digestive health. Raw, local honey also contains a blend of local pollen, which can strengthen a person’s immune system, and reduce pollen allergy symptoms. If a coarse strainer is used without heating, then the honey will contain the #pollen that was present in the original honey from the local area. By supporting #local honey producers, you can verify that the honey you’re purchasing is truly raw and has the beneficial properties that humans have used for centuries to treat many ailments. However, most commercial honey use very fine filters and heat the honey to interfere with the natural crystallising process so it remains liquid longer on the shelf. The pasteurised, and ultra-filtered honey does not have the nutritional benefits of raw honey. Local raw honey on the honeymap on the beethecure app or https://www.beethecure.com.au/honey-map/ Petition http://change.org/honeylabelling

14.01.2022 The combination of drought and fire is having a devastating impact on honey production.

14.01.2022 .... 4 blueys at dusk .... getting ready to roost together just before dusk & as the rain clouds came over. My daughter spotted them as we were picking up littl...e mate from a ninja party in an industrial estate! 4 Male Amegilla Bees Blue Banded Bees Spotted by Jasmine & shot by Dan Northern Beaches, Sydney ........................................................................... ........................................................................... ................... ........................... ................. .......... ........... ........ ..... . ..... ... ... . everyone loves blue banded bees . ..... ..... .......... .......... ............... .............. .................... .................... ......................... ......................... .............................. .............................. ................................... ................................... ..........................................................................

13.01.2022 Bonsai Budes - Galeria taller, Euglossa Bazinga una rara variedad de abejas atraidas por una igualmente rara y escasa especie de Orquidea y visitan la Galería solo cuando ésta florece. camara lenta

13.01.2022 "Tests by a US government agency on common weedkilling products made with the chemical glyphosate have found some formulations sold to the public to be genotoxi...c, meaning they are damaging to human DNA. But the government scientists at the National Toxicology Program (NTP) say the danger probably lies with added ingredients in the products not glyphosate." When pesticides are sprayed on our crops, lawns, and roadsides, and enter into our waterways, groundwater and drinking water, we are exposed to whole formulations, whole tank mixtures, and whole pesticide combinations, not just active ingredients (those that the manufacturer claims are the only ingredients that attack the target pest). It is the whole formulation that makes the poison, and that whole formulation must be regulated. Active ingredients are far from the whole story of pesticide poisoning. Despite their name, inert ingredients are very often not chemically, biologically, nor toxicologically inert or innocuous. According to a peer-reviewed study, as of 2006, more than 500 ingredients that were listed as inert in some products serve as the active ingredient in other products. Many inert ingredients are known to state, federal, and international agencies to be hazardous to human health. One of the most hazardous ingredients in common formulations of the popular herbicide Roundup is a surfactant, which is classified as an inert, and therefore not listed on the label. A 2013 study found that some Roundup adjuvants are 9,661 times more toxic to human cells than the active ingredient glyphosate. The real threats of herbicides, fungicides, and insecticides are masked when EPA only tests active ingredients. https://www.theguardian.com//formulations-glyphosate-based

12.01.2022 Are you going cuckoo over native cuckoo bees? Well, you may be the only one. They're a bit of a bully in the bee world. Native cuckoo bees don't build th...eir nests. Rather, the female will lay her eggs in other bees' nests. This happens when the unsuspecting host bee is busy preparing food and shelter for their baby bee larvae. The cuckoo larva will develop and get ready to hatch while the host bee is preparing their "nursery" so to speak. After the nest is sealed by the host bee for its developing larva, the cuckoo larva will hatch. It will then eat all of the host bee's baby food! Finally, it spins a cocoon and pupates. When the host bee larva finally hatches, there is no food left for it. As a result, it will die off. Talk about following the "femme fatale" trope. : @onephatasianreposting @csirogram #nativebee #australianbee #nativebees #canberra #cuckoobee #chequeredcuckoobee #macro #csiro #welovescience See more

12.01.2022 "Without it they would die, literally die." Here's a fitting - though tragic - story for World Bee Day. More: https://ab.co/3e0xI2F

11.01.2022 In an attempt to poison invasive possums the New Zealand government has contaminated and risked its local honey industry with 1080 poison. 1080 that is usually... used to kill feral animals has also been used to bait wasps. Evidence gathered under the freedom of information act show that honeybees have been foraging on 1080. NZ has no accredited testing required for 1080 in honey. The highest concentration of 1080 detected in the honey was 15 ppb and subsequent tests showed a gradual decay down to 3 ppb after 59 days. The honey source that the samples were taken from would have eventually gone on sale after 16 weeks, hence there would not have been any detectable level of 1080 in the sale product, although under different circumstances, this time could be considerably shorter. Zero studies were done to see if the 1080 samples lost 1080 due to the toxin binding to the plastic sample pots 1080 is well known for binding. What this could mean is the samples tested lower over time while the drums of honey remained high and were then sold. https://uncensored.co.nz//registered-by-doc-as-a-wasp-bai/

11.01.2022 If you punish bees for mistakes, they're even better at maths http://www.abc.net.au//bees-numerical-cognition-m/11590430

10.01.2022 Shockwaves are vibrating through the Australian beekeeping industry with an announcement by Hive and Wellness formerly Capilano limited they will resume importi...ng honey. Beekeepers are furious at the decision that is likely to have an effect on the wholesale domestic honey price. The honey price has increased since the Corporation stopped selling Allowrie brand that contained Chinese ingredients. https://www.google.com.au/a/amp.abc.net.au/article/10187628 In the announcements you can read below Hive and wellness under its new ceo Ryan d’Almeida said the imported honey will be sourced from South America and blended with some Australian honey. They new cheap honey would be sold under the brand Cloverdale and will be available at Woolworths and other supermarkets. https://mailchi.mp/hivew/decision-regarding-imported-honey Australian beekeepers, some that are recovering from bushfires and drought need all the help they can get. Please only buy 100 percent Australian honey and demand Woolworths stop selling this imported crap. Please sign the petition http://change.org/honeylabelling Please continue to support your local beekeeper you can find them on the honeymap. https://www.beethecure.com.au/honey-map-2/ Please share so consumers boycott this product and buy 100 percent Australian honey.

10.01.2022 It's World Bee Day! A day to celebrate the vital importance of these magnificent pollinators. This is handsome bee is a Neon cuckoo bee which can be found t...hroughout most of Australia! We love our bees as they contribute to stable and healthy food supplies. Around 75 per cent of the main food crops benefit from bee pollination including almonds, avocados, blueberries and broccoli! Thanks bees! by Mirabai Nicholson-Mckellar | @mirafilm See more

09.01.2022 First Officer Tyson Purdie in action at the Hazeldean fire this afternoon. Unfortunately, most of the bees could not be saved.

09.01.2022 Native bees are a beauty! It looks like it's a chequered cuckoo bee, a strikingly coloured insect that was spotted in Canberra. This species, and its close rela...tive the neon cuckoo bee, don't make their own nests and instead creep into others to lay their eggs a lot like the cuckoo bird. : Don Taylor via ABC Canberra

08.01.2022 Capilano confirm selling fake honey to Australian consumers in a legal settlement with Simon Mulvany Capilano Honey and CEO Ben McKee have settled their injurio...us falsehood and defamation case which they instituted in February 2016 against beekeeper Simon Mulvany which I consider embarrassing for all the parties. Simon Mulvany has published the below statement on his Save The Bees Australia Facebook page which many of his supporters would find very disappointing and very strange given the circumstances. Read more: https://kangaroocourtofaustralia.com//capilano-confirm-se/

08.01.2022 \|/ A beautiful bundle \|/ of captivating Australian Native Bee moments, magnificently captured by macro still photographer/maestro Dominic Deligny! @dominic.photography via instaG

07.01.2022 Did you know that Australia has over 1650 species of native bees! Yet only 11 of them are stingless bees. This here is a blue banded bee, a native Australian so...litary bee. #buzzpollinator Reposting the very talented @thehogholder BRAVO What? . . . . . . . . . . . #garden #flowers #bee #nature #bluebandedbee #nativebees #flower #naturephotography #macro #reflections #life #flying #beethecure #beethechange #savethebees #animal #flowerpower #nobeenome #aussiebee #brighten #native #thankyou #kind #beekind #perfect #perfection #creature #flowersofinstagram #love #bluebandedbee

07.01.2022 "If a company is selling mnuka honey then it better be mnuka honey or good riddance to them. There is a big difference in clever marketing and downright decep...tion." Supermarket Manuka is cheap because of the low MGO level of 30+. The companies deliberately (I assume) trying to play off the UMF rating system of New Zealand and the NPA rating from Australia which uses the 5+, 10+ etc. Very confusing and there doesn't seem to be any strict labelling laws. An MGO level of 30+ is mostly every other nectar source with a bit of active Leptospermum, or very low testing Leptospermum. Medicinal grade starts at about 280 MGO." Most of the time these packers blend tiny amounts of Manuka with inferior honey so they can call it manuka. https://i.stuff.co.nz//unsold-gold-beekeepers-stockpiling-

07.01.2022 In bushfires and drought effected areas some bees maybe desperate for water and nutrients. Please put water out for bees. Please do not open feed honey or suga...r to bees. Outside feeding of sugar and honey can encourage bees to rob and can lead to disease. Feeding honey outside to bees and animals is illegal in Australia because it is a Biosecurity risk. Flowers are the best food for bees. https://www.beethecure.com.au/p/wildflowers-for-bees-seeds/ Bees at times do forage on nectar of fruit. Putting watermelon out for honeybees is very kind and would give the bees great relief. This photo was taken by a water melon farmer in the USA. #savethebees Please donate to beekeepers effected by the fires https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-beekeepers-affected-by-fire

05.01.2022 This is a place in #Slovenia. It's proven that breathing air from a beehive is very beneficial for ones health. Hive air contains ingredients that boost the bod...y healing capacity. This is just more evidence that backs up why it is that #beekeepers have the highest life expectancy in the world. Everything the #Bee produces is of the highest value to humans. Beekeepers have the lowest incidence of cancer of all the occupations worldwide. This fact was acknowledged in the annual report of the New York Cancer Research Institute in 1965. Almost half a century ago, the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 9(2), Oct., 1948, published a report by William Robinson, M.D., et al., in which it was claimed that bee pollen added to food (in the ratio of 1 part to 10,000) prevented or delayed the appearance of malignant mammary tumour. L.J. Hayes, M.D had the courage to announce, Bees sterilise pollen by means of a glandular secretion antagonistic to tumours. Other doctors, including Sigmund Schmidt, M.D., and Ernesto Contreras, M.D., seem to agree that something in pollen works against cancer. Dr W. Schweisheimer also said that scientists at the Berlin Cancer Institute in Germany had never encountered a beekeeper with cancer. A French study concerning the cause of death of 1,000 beekeepers included only case of a beekeeper that died of cancer. The incidence of cancer-caused deaths in a group of French farmers was 100 times higher than the group of beekeepers. Till date, no study has faulted the fact that beekeepers have very low, almost negligible incidence of cancer worldwide. Due to the weight of this fact and coupled with his experience, John Anderson, Professor of beekeeping, University of Aberdeen, unequivocally declared: Keep bees and eat honey if you want to live long. Beekeepers live longer than anyone else. #savethebees #beethecure See more

04.01.2022 Death came swiftly for Aldo Machado's honey bees. Less than 48 hours after the first apis mellifera showed signs of sickness, tens of thousands lay dead, their ...bodies piled in mounds. "As soon as the healthy bees began clearing the dying bees out of the hives, they became contaminated," said Machado, vice president of Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul beekeeping association. "They started dying en masse." Around half a billion bees died in four of Brazil's southern states in the year's first months. The die-off highlighted questions about the ocean of pesticides used in the country's agriculture and whether chemicals are washing through the human food supply even as the government considers permitting more. Most dead bees showed traces of Fipronil, an insecticide proscribed in the European Union and classified as a possible human carcinogen by the US Environmental Protection Agency. Read more: https://www.smh.com.au//bees-are-dropping-dead-in-brazil-a

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03.01.2022 POST UPDATE Donations to support Australian beekeepers impacted by drought and bushfire can be made here: https://ruralaid.org.au/hiveaid The aftermath of t...he NSW bushfires. Many of our beekeepers across NSW and QLD are now coming to terms with the destruction. These photos are from Daryl Brenton, professional beekeeper and Capilano honey supplier who is based in the Mid North Coast of NSW. Daryl did the absolute best he could to save his hives and got a large number of them out but unfortunately couldn’t protect them all. As said by our mates at the Queensland Beekeepers' Association Inc earlier today, our thoughts are with our beekeeping families who have lost hives and those who are doing everything possible to save and protect their colonies which are already struggling to survive in the current drought. We’d also like to give our heartfelt thanks to all the brave men and women of the RFS and other State Emergency agencies who are doing all they can to protect people, homes, businesses and our precious native forests from total devastation. Couldn’t of said it better ourselves. #supportaussiebeekeepers #australianhoney #nswfires

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03.01.2022 Something a little bit fun for Friday: watch David Attenborough explain the honeybee 'waggle dance' (Y)

02.01.2022 As the spring has mercifully brought some rain here in NSW, I thought it would be a good time to remind you about seed treatments. If you are planning to buy so...me seeds/bulbs for your bee friendly garden , please have a closer look at the ingredients list on the seed packet to see if the seeds are treated. Seed treatment is a chemical, typically antimicrobial or fungicidal, with which seeds are treated prior to reselling by the seed companies. Less frequently, insecticides are added. One seed treatment, imidacloprid, from the neonicotinoid family of insecticides, is controversial and was banned in France. Neonicotinoids are linked to the recent dramatic drops in bee counts, and possibly in Colony Collapse Disorder. How do the neonicotinoids work? The chemicals from the seed treated cover seep into the germinating plant and accumulate in the body of the plant. When an insect eats the plant leaves - it dies, unfortunately when a bee collects nectar and pollen from this plant, she collects neonicotinoids and brings them to the hive. Please choose untreated, where possible organic seeds for your garden. I am not associated or sponsored by any of the following seed companies, but I personally buy seeds from some of them, as these companies pride themselves in offering UNTREATED seeds: www.theseedcollection.com.au www.diggers.com.au www.thelostseed.com.au Feel free to add links to the seed companies you trust in the comments below ! . #savethebees #beefriendlygardening #garden #honeybee #ninasbees #garden #seedtreatment See more

01.01.2022 This is not medicinal honey. ALDI Australia can not be trusted they are allowing big packers like Bramwells to over use the word Manuka. Confusing claims made... by big packers are causing anxiety amongst Australian shoppers. I asked an Australian expert why some Manuka products so cheap? "It is cheap because of the low MGO level of 30. The company is deliberately (I assume) trying to play off the UMF rating system of New Zealand and the NPA rating from Australia which uses the 5+, 10+ etc. Very confusing and there doesn't seem to be any strict labelling laws. An MGO level of 30+ is mostly every other nectar source with a bit of active Leptospermum, or very low testing Leptospermum. Medicinal grade starts at about 400 MGO." Most of the time these packers blend tiny amounts of Manuka with inferior honey so they can call it Manuka. Some of NZ Manuka products were recently found to contain Neonicotinoids. Mitchell said some traces of neonics were present in all four samples collected from New Zealand. "I think that even Kiwis will be surprised to know that three of the four samples were Manuka honey and all were contaminated," he said. "The explanation of course is likely that most Manuka honey is mixed with clover or other 'cheaper' honey which is likely where the pesticides come from." https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm The solution is simple don't buy Manuka honey from big packers that artificially blend honey. Only go with the mix that bees create. If you want to buy Authentic medical grade Manuka you can buy direct from the beekeeper at www.medijelly.com.au www.australiasmanuka.com/ Remember to support your local beekeeper on the honeymap. Always buy raw honey. https://www.beethecure.com.au/honey-map-2/ In the clip below Jeffery Gibbs explains why Manuka is also called Jelly Bush honey in Australia and what to look for https://instagram.com/p/BTzovCIlgnT/ Sign the petition http://change.org/honeylabelling Sharing will save the bees.

01.01.2022 Did you know that a honey bee visits 50 to 100 flowers during a collection trip! #bees