In this video Kevin explains his "Stiller" vertical split designed collapse resistant brood box for native bees and demonstrates how to split the box to make two hives out of one. More info or to purc ...
Although colony collapse doesn’t impact native bees (honey bees originated in Europe), the possible causes behind colony collapse, like pesticide use, habitat loss and disease, easily could.
Perth-based PhD student Freya Jackson has been studying the decline in native bees for half a decade—and her ‘bee bed’ may just be the solution to saving them. What most people don't know about native ...
The hands-on event saw the group craft their own bee hotels to take home, creating safe nesting spaces for native bees right in their own backyards. Parks, Sport and Public Spaces Councillor Cherie ...
You can see them out gathering pollen sometimes, on a warm sunny winter day. It helps if you have some nectar and pollen plants. Recently I was at a local nursery and saw a table full of Gaillardia.
native bees, wasps, hornets, hoverflies, other flies, moths, butterflies and beetles. Flowers and flowering plant species increased as well. Total insect abundance tripled, while native bees showed a ...
She carries out research on mānuka honey and other native honeys, and has worked on ... the “New Zealand Christmas tree”, I can hear bees humming as they move between flowers collecting ...