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The ability to read a brood frame — to interpret what you see when inspecting a hive — is the fundamental skill...
Australia is one of the world's best places for hobby beekeeping — with year-round flowers, regulations that supp...
A practical guide to harvesting, extracting, and bottling honey from backyard hives — plus the regulations for se...
A month-by-month guide to managing European honey bee hives through the full cycle of Australian seasons....
Swarming is the honey bee's natural reproduction mechanism — beautiful in nature, challenging for the suburban be...
Raising your own queens gives beekeepers control over genetics, reduces costs, and provides the means to rapidly ex...
Beeswax is the second valuable product from any honey bee hive — with uses ranging from traditional wood polish a...
Propolis — the resinous sealant that bees collect from tree buds and use to seal their hive — has extraordinary...
Commercial pollination is one of the most valuable services provided by Australian beekeepers — with almonds, avo...
Cool temperate Australian beekeepers face challenges not experienced by subtropical colleagues — colonies must su...
Varroa destructor was detected in NSW in 2022, fundamentally changing Australian beekeeping. A guide to understandi...
The Flow Hive — invented by Cedar and Stuart Anderson in Byron Bay — revolutionised amateur beekeeping globally...
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