Monthly live online event of the Australian Native Bee AssociationThe December meeting boasted the Annual native bee Hive Exhibition. Read a review inContinue Reading
FEATURE ARTICLE – by Kellie Clayton This month’s issue features an original article by Kellie Clayton who writes about how collaboration between nativeContinue Reading
Australian stingless bees are parasitized in one form or another by a variety of other insects, including flies, wasps and beetles. In mostContinue Reading
Some Australian stingless bee keepers have observed young queens inside the nest with “passenger” bees on their abdomens. Are these observations of malesContinue Reading
Pollination is important to production of many crops, including berries. European honeybees are useful pollinators of raspberries and blackberries, but native bees alsoContinue Reading
Our feature article this month comes from Manu Saunders, a community ecologist based at the University of New England, NSW. Manu works onContinue Reading
Native floral enhancement plantings provide native bees and other pollinators with a floral banquet year-round Lena undertook her PhD at the Hawkesbury InstituteContinue Reading
The number of threatened Australian native bee species is expected to increase by nearly five times after the devastating Black Summer bushfires inContinue Reading
ANBA is delighted to be part of this game-changing research. We contributed funding and honey samples of different stingless bee species across wide-rangingContinue Reading
Australian Association of Animal Sciences Tobias Smith and Cristiano Menezes gave outstanding presentations in last week’s webinar. Both made an excellent point thatContinue Reading
Researchers in Mexico argue that they must move away from extraction of colonies of stingless bees from the wild, towards more sustainable practicesContinue Reading
The European honeybee Apis mellifera is an introduced, invasive and abundant species in Australia. There are few places in urban areas where youContinue Reading