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Valley Bees

Locality: Kandanga, Queensland

Address: Honey Bee Farm 20 Hasthorpe Road 4570 Kandanga, QLD, Australia

Website: http://www.valleybees.org.au

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23.01.2022 Happy Mother’s Day. The #queen bee really does know what hard work is. In her life of six to nine years she produces about one egg each minute. That works out t...o laying her own body weight in eggs each day. There is one queen who is the only fertile female in the hive. She is the only bee with ovaries. Second, there are about 60,000 sterile female #workers, that do not have ovaries. From birth to about day three, they clean the hive. By the fifth day of their life, they become nursing bees because certain glands have matured inside their mouths. By day 12, their wax-making glands are functioning, so they set to making structures in the nest and storing nectar and honey. Around the 19th day of their life they begin guarding the nest with their sting. By day 21, they are halfway through their short lives and have begun to leave the nest to forage for nectar and #pollen. And then around day 42 they usually die. #Drones make up the third gender. They don't have a stinger, and they can't collect nectar. They are fertile and can make sperm. The queen will mate once in her life with dozens of these drones who die after copulation. http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2013//10/3733766.htm

22.01.2022 Feeling somehow frustrated and nostalgic, while in 80s Sydney gardens were alive by bees. Today one sees them only sporadically. Would you agree that disproportionate usage of insecticides has something to do with it?

18.01.2022 Come take a dive into a Native Bee Hive It’s not often that you get a chance to dive inside the residence of our wonderful Tetragonula carbonaria native stingl...ess bees. They are one of only a few of our Australian native bees that form a colony and today I had the chance to peak inside the their incredible world with native bee specialist Dan Smailes from Sydney Native Bees and Sydney Native Bee Rescue. Thanks for sharing your knowledge, experience and passion for our unique Australian native pollinators. There is just so much to learn and love about these bees, the pollination work they do and the organisational structure and operation of the colony. Sydney Native Bee Community Northside Native Bees Native bees Tim Heard Melipona-The Stingless Bees Stingless bees and honey Wide Bay Stingless Bees Sydney stingless bees #somuchtolearn

16.01.2022 At this time of year, frangipani becomes infested with a rust disease before dropping its leaves. The abundant spores produced by this pathogenic fungus can be ...collected by bees, as shown here beautifully photographed by Dianne Clarke. It is not unusual for bees to collect fungal spores. Recently Australian researchers demonstrated that fungal spores have high nutritional value for honey bees, read more here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-72758-1 See more

15.01.2022 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.

11.01.2022 Hello, these bees have just arrived in our garden (Haberfield, Sydney’s inner west). My knowledge of native bees is very limited (although I’m keen to learn more about them). Is anyone able to I.d. them please? Thanks so much in advance.

11.01.2022 On 10 December 2018 Capilano Honey Limited was officially delisted from the Australian Stock Exchange. A private equity group specialising in China-focused agri...cultural exports has taken over Capilano Ltd and turned it into a private company. Why did the Chinese aligned consortium known as Wattle Hill RHC Fund 1 and ROC Capital Pty Ltd pay $200 million dollars for Capilano and make it a private company after the the 7.30 report / Fairfax media fake honey exposé and the competition watchdog ACCC’s investigation? Because Capilano Ltd will now make a fortune for its shareholders selling premium Australian honey to China and be free to operate without the ASX monitoring its corporate behaviour. Capilano Ltd CEO Ben McKee told Fairfax media prior to the take over: "I think the privatised model for a company our size is more suited, than the current listed model. (Privatised) we can take long-term investments in markets and developing markets, rather than having our results analysed every six months. It is clear that Wattle Hill's Mr Albert Tse is now calling the shots. The Chinese aligned consortium he heads up now owns Capilano Ltd. This includes apiary sites from Queensland to Western Australia. The company is transforming into a honey marketing vehicle focused on upper middle class Chinese customers who can’t get enough of our pure natural resources. "We want to create products with a higher margins Mr Tse said. "Asian and Chinese consumers see this as a wellness product... and are therefore happy to pay a higher price for it. Ben McKee from Capilano Ltd has assured Chinese consumers that Capilano Ltd will only ever sell Australian honey to the Chinese but has not given a guarantee to Australian consumers that his company will not sell Australians honey blended with foreign honey. Coles supermarkets have stopped selling imported blends however Woolworths is still selling blends riddled with imported honey. Despite 180,000 signatures on a petition honey in Australia still is not required to display which country the honey is from. http://change.org/honeylabelling The same consortium that sells premium Australian honey to China blends imported honey with Australian and sells it to Australian consumers using subsidiary brands including Allowrie, and "home brands. It is now more important than ever for Australians to buy honey from their local beekeeper direct. If you don’t already have a local legend supplying you honey use the honeymap to identify one and go and say g’day https://www.beethecure.com.au/honey-map-2/ Sharing will save the bees.

11.01.2022 Bees on my plants Emerald Queensland

09.01.2022 ALDI Australia , BIG W and Bunnings Warehouse Australia and other corporations have caught the bee buzz and are selling insect hotels for Christmas. For the gen...eral public to be spending more time in their garden, often as a family, looking at what invertebrates live there, and to be interested in providing habitat for native bees, or even being aware of them, this is a positive big step. However, according to native bee scientist native Kit Prendergast, who has been researching bee hotels, most of these store-bought bee hotel designs are terrible and can do more harm than good. They are too shallow, the holes too large, they use poor materials, and have useless compartments. There is also a risk that imported wood has been fumigated with insecticides. They could be at best not be used by bees, or at worse represent death traps for any bees that do use them. To learn what makes a good hotel, how to make one, and other evidence-based information on native bees and how we can help them, you can refer to Creating a Haven for Native Bees , a book by native bee scientist Kit Prendergast. It can be purchased by emailing [email protected] Also follow Native Bee Nick on instagram here https://instagram.com/nativebeenick?igshid=1m5t3e7qqqpz4 and YouTube. https://youtu.be/o2BQzETUSq4 Please Share this important information Save the Bees Australia is consulting with scientists at the moment to get some made. With profits going to native bee research. https://entomologistlounge.wordpress.com//insect-hotels-a/

05.01.2022 Comment.. we blissfully think that pollination is a simple process.. Well after reading this, one has to rethink what we think we know.. Do you read the follow...ing and find yourself confused..??? You are not alone... .. And - it seems few understand these facts.. .. Some entomologists seem to not understand, and assume that the simple act of an insect on a flower = Pollination .. Nnbees Nnbees writes:- """ With ACE stingless bee workshops on hold due to COVID-19. I thought I would present a few of the slides I use at the workshop. I have given support to a number of avocado growers in the northern rivers for many years using stingless bee species carbonaria as their pollinator. The fruit they initiate is self pollinated. Avocados produce hermaphrodite flowers, which are dichogamous and protogynous (female first). They are unable to accomplish a fertile self-pollination with a single flower; however self pollination can occur with species carbonaria on the same tree (close pollination). Bees have difficulty in making long term memories; however, olfactory cues are triggered by scent or odor (phytochemicals/secondary metabolites like caffeine, phenylethanol, linalool etc) which are linked to the expression of certain bee genes. Without this information the bees will not forage for pollen on that crop. To achieve pollination the bee must transfer pollen from the stamens (male) to the stigmas (female) of the flowers. Avocados achieve self pollination during the Floral Overlap (See Slide). During this period the flowering system changes from being dichogamous to that of being monoecious. The flowering systems where species carbonaria is most effective are either monoecious or dioecious (e.g. Cucurbitaceae). For species carbonaria, pollination can be improved by planting in varieties. In variety A the flower is female in the morning resulting in little pollen being lost in the morning resulting in maximum pollen availability for pollination during the floral overlap. In variety B the flower is male in the morning resulting in pollen loss without pollination. To increase pollen availability during pollination for these varieties closing the hives down in the evening and opening them up about 11:30 AM the following day should be considered. Species carbonaria as a pollinator gives us the opportunity to plant market preferred varieties of this fruit. I recommend one strong species carbonaria hive for every nine mature trees. """ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ For us - the great unwashed.. ;-) ~~ 1. Herma - Male and female parts in the one flower 2. Dichog - separation of the sexes in a herma flower by time. 3. Protandary - male first 4. Protogany - female first 5. Dioecious - two flowering systems like seeded and non seeded water melons where you require pollen from the seeded to pollinate the non seeded. Cucur - etc a group of flowering plants which have both separate male and female flowers on the one plant. Monoecious - eg pumpkins water mellons etc.. ~

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03.01.2022 110% Australian Beeswax foundation! These are the BEST quality foundation sheets available in Australia. How you ask?... These highest quality beeswax foundation sheets are made by 3rd generation Victorian beekeepers. This is truly the best of the best. Our foundation sheets are hand made in Daylesford, Victoria by a 100 year old foundation press that is currently responsible for providing for over 1000 hives in one apiary, producing some of the highest quality honey available. The weight per sheet varies with different harvesting of wax due to density and season. Colour will also vary with season but the smell will speak for itself, an unbelievable aroma of wax, honey, and purity. Our foundation sheets have been bought and melted down for various cosmetic products......now that speaks for itself! There is no better foundation sheet in Australia. Single sheets are available at $3.45 available for pick up from: Australian Bee Supplies Unit 47 33 Danaher Dve South Morang 3752 australianbeesupplies.com.au $102 - Box of 30 Size: 41.5 x 20.5 cm Weight: 67g-75g/sheet Australian Bee Supplies Unit 47 33 Danaher Dve South Morang 3752 australianbeesupplies.com.au #australianbeesupplies

01.01.2022 On Saturday I went to the annual Wangi Wangi Mens Shed sale and saw they were selling native bee hives. I spoke to a gentleman there who has three hives of his ...own and has now started making them to sell. They are made of cypress which he weathers for a year so it won’t warp and have two levels with a viewing panel and honey super with a roof. If anyone in the Wangi/ Newcastle NSW region is interested, I have his name and contact details so please feel free to PM me. See more

01.01.2022 First Australian night bees recorded foraging in darkness Eco Voice | November 2, 2020 Australian bees are known for pollinating plants on beautiful sunny days,... but a new study has identified two species that have adapted their vision for night-time conditions for the first time. The study by a team of ecology researchers has observed night time foraging behaviour by a nomiine (Reepenia bituberculata) and masked (Meroglossa gemmata) bee species, with both developing enlarged compound and simple eyes which allow more light to be gathered when compared to their daytime kin. In results published in the Journal of Hymenoptera Research, the researchers explain that this improved low-light ability could potentially also exist in other Australian species secretly active at night, with their image processing ability best observed through high-resolution close-up images. PhD Candidate James Dorey, in the College of Science & Engineering at Flinders University, says the two Australian bee species active at night and during twilight hours are mostly found in Australia’s tropical north, but there could potentially more in arid, subtropical and maybe even temperate conditions across the continent. We have confirmed the existence of at least two crepuscular bee species in Australia and there are likely to be many more that can forage both during the day and into the early morning or evening under low light conditions. It’s true that bees aren’t generally known to be very capable when it comes to using their eyes at night, but it turns out that low-light foraging is more common than currently thought, says Mr Dorey. Before this study, the only way to show that a bee had adapted to low-light was by using difficult-to-obtain behavioural observations, but we have found that you should be able to figure this out by using high-quality images of a specific bee. Mr Dorey says bees that forage during dim-light conditions aren’t studied enough with no previously reliable published records for any Australian species. Our study provides a framework to help identify low-light-adapted bees and the data that is needed to determine the behavioural traits of other species. This is important as we need to increase efforts to collect bee species outside of normal hours and publish new observations to better understand the role that they play in maintaining ecosystems.