Raw Organic Honey Melbourne – VicHoney

Month: January 2012

  • Flowering Eucalypts Report

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    Alf Brugman
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    As of late January 2012, there a several species of flowering eucalypts that our bees are working.  North of the Divide, Yellow Box (Eucalyptus melliodora) is still flowering heavily and has been going since late November.  Red Stringybark (E. macrorhyncha) is well budded and due to start flowering any day now, this tree provides good…

  • Beekeeping Lessons for Beginners

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    Sharon Livesey
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    On the 7th January, 2012, we conducted our first beekeeping lesson for beginners.  Our students were very enthusiastic and the day seemed to fly by. The weather held out and it was almost perfect conditions for opening up the hives in the afternoon after a pleasant lunch.  Our students, to their delight, viewed brood in…

  • Soldier bees discovered

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    Julian
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    There is an interesting taster article (and ensuing discussion) on a new caste of soldier bees in a stingless bee of South America – the Jatai bee (Tetragonisca angustula). Soldier bees guard their nest against attack by robbers The study, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, found that Jatai soldiers…