Mid North Coast newsletter - August 2020
Northern Rivers newsletter - August 2020
Macarthur newsletter - August 2020
Gold Coast newsletter - August 2020
Parramatta newsletter - August 2020
In this issue:
August Presentation – The hard life of the honey bee forager
President’s Report
Executive Report – July 2020
Beginning in Bees Training is coming
PAB 2021 Calendar – CANCELLED for 2021
Attention to all those selling their honey
About nectar and honey
Covid-19 update
Managing a Warre Hive
Congratulations – Timothy Kotlar
In the media
Club shop
Handy contact details
What’s on in 2020
Mid North Coast newsletter - July 2020
The Amateur Beekeeper - August/September 2020
In this issue:
ABA news
Contest results
What to consider when putting bees on a roof. Read this first!
Bee topics Q&A. Controlling small hive beetles in drawn comb
How honey samples are tested for AFB in the lab
Tocal Beekeepers’ Field Day 2020 - The Honey Show will go on!
Beekeeper registration and the extractor that changed the rules
The basics of sacbrood
Free online training announced
DIY boxes to transport honey frames with less mess
Stingless-bee honey’s healthy wonder ingredient
Stocking Australia’s honey reference library
Club news: training and new resources
Book review
Join the swarm register
ABA team. How to contact us
Northern Rivers newsletter - July 2020
Plenty of Fireweed and Red Gum are now in good bloom. Ironbark is showing well in some places, although seems to be a bit slow coming into general bloom.
You may have noticed that there is a good flowering of wattle around at the moment. Unfortunately the wattle on this side of the divide is of no value for bees, the protein is too low, and it doesn't seem to be attractive to bees. On the western side of the range some of the species produce really good pollen that allows us to work autumn/winter honey flows that are pollen deficient. Interestingly for a plant that is often a spectacular flowerer, wattle is wind pollinated.