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Parramatta newsletter - September 2017
In this Issue
- Club Auction
- New Biosecurity Act of 2016
- September Event – Making Championship Meads with Michael Syme
- August Club Event – Swarm Capture
- Feature – Winter Honey Flows (White Box)
- Feature – Spring / Summer Hive Management
- Are you swarm ready?
- Beekeeper Training Available
- Feature – How to Get Fat Honeycomb
- Wanted!
- 2017 Quick Reference to key position holder’s contacts
- Club Shop
- Future events - 2017
- Future events - 2018
Mid North Coast newsletter - August 2017
Illawarra Field Day Reminder - August 2017
10AM SUNDAY
Beekeeping Workshop
This month we will host two guest speakers Rob and Sue Edwards featuring a presentation on Hivemind and their recent visit to the New Zealand Beekeeping conference. Hivemind was just one of about 20 exhibitors of hive monitoring devices and systems.
- the shop will be open from approx 9.30AM
- the meeting starts at 10.00AM in the clubhouse
- if weather permits we may inspect beehives in the apiary
- please bring along your beekeeping protective clothing, if you don't have an outfit we can provide you one for the event
Bega Valley newsletter - August 2017
Northern Rivers newsletter - August 2017
The bee pictured was spotted out in the field recently. It was noticeably larger than the European honey bee and was quite loud in flight.
Pictures were sent to Dr Tobias Smith at the University of Queensland for identification. It turned out to be a peacock carpenter bee (or green carpenter), with this one being the male of the species. Females are darker green, without the yellow hairs.
What’s interesting is that this bee was foraging. In dealing primarily with European honey bees, it is easy to think that all male bees do no work.
Macarthur newsletter - August 2017
Another month has passed and I have noticed many eucalypts in flower. This is a positive sign that winter is coming to an end. Now is the time to make sure that all your frames and boxes are ready for the spring. Often when the bees start collecting they go hell for leather and we beekeepers are left trying to keep up.
