The Australian Native Bee Book: Keeping Stingless Bee Hives for Pets, Pollination and Sugarbag Honey

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Tim Heard

The Australian Native Bee Book

Keeping Stingless Bee Hives for Pets, Pollination and Sugarbag Honey

Tim Heard

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Sugarbag Bees
01 September 2016

Apiculture (beekeeping); Gardening

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The Australian Native Bee Book describes native bees generally and provides a complete guide to keeping Australian native stingless bees. It is richly illustrated with over 500 photos, drawings and charts to increase accessibility and aid learning.

It is written by an expert who has spent his lifetime intimately engaged with these unique creatures. Keeping native stingless bees is a hot topic in Australia for commercial, environmental and recreational reasons. You can do something about the decline of pollinators by conserving native bees.

Whether you keep a hive or two in your suburban garden, or want to use multiple hives on a commercial farm, this friendly guide has you covered.

Bee biology, behaviour, nesting, social life and foraging
How to build your own native bee hive
How to transfer a bee colony to a hive box and propagate hives
All about sugarbag honey, including how to extract it from hives
Managing your hive
Identifying and dealing with pests
Using stingless bees for pollination - from small gardens to commercial crops
A complete list of Australia's stingless bee species, how to identify them, their characteristics, where they occur, and recommended hives
A readable summary of the latest research on native bees.

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By: Tim Heard
Imprint: Sugarbag Bees
Country of Publication: Australia
ISBN: 9780646939971
ISBN 10: 0646939971
Publication Date: 01 September 2016
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active