Younger's Native Bees

Nice to catch up with two more native bee nerds at the conference. Tim Heard and Megan Halcroft. Great two days well organised.
Has the planning started for the next one key?

Day 2 of National Native Bee Conference in Cairns. I was lucky to catch up with one of the legends of the native bee industry Bob Luttrel. Better known as Bob the Bee man. Bob is known for his invention of the 3D printed honey super and then the honey spinner to suit.
Bob took native bee honey to another level with his honey super.

Bright sunny day here in Rockhampton today. All the bees were out and about. I placed a small about of native bee wax outside the entrances of each hive.
Look at the reaction.


relocationofnativebees pollinators pollinateyourcrops savethenativebees savethebees
inductionrescues
youngersnativebees rockhamptonnativebees. cqnativebees reboxinghives longtermpeservationofnativebees
nativebeeeducationalpresentations
nativebeeworkshops nativebeehoney.

This is the product.

I watched this on landline. It's worth while watching. I reckon some apiarists should trial this product on a couple of hives. The product targets sucking insects. All the research has been done and available now. It is also made from a peptide/s. Another Australian invention. While the spider venom is being researched.

Bee-friendly bio insecticide secures funding to remain in Australia A regional Australian company behind a game-changing bio insecticide that is safe for bees and other beneficial insects secures funding to ensure its production remains on home soil.

Spider venom spray could save Australia's honey bees from varroa mites Queensland researchers are testing novel ways to kill varroa mites, which have developed a resistance to standard treatments.

Another dead hive. Photos show the steps as I opened the hive.
A rescue on the 10/1/ 2025.
Only a couple a months ago this was a thriving hive. Good numbers coming and and going. I certainly was unaware what was going on inside. The involucrum was still fully in place. Where the brood should have been was a total open space.
No indication of pests and not one dead be in the hive anywhere. There is food stores. My theory of build up of pollen causing shrinking of the brood mass goes out the door on this one. No dead bees so no poison. The hive joins were all taped no moisture inside. All I can put it down to is the hive didn't requeen.
pollinators pollinateyourcrops savethenativebees savethebees
inductionrescues
youngersnativebees rockhamptonnativebees. cqnativebees reboxinghives longtermpeservationofnativebees
nativebeeeducationalpresentations
nativebeeworkshops nativebeehoney.

https://7news.com.au/video/news/stingless-bee-glue-shows-promise-for-treating-burns-bc-6393147648112

Stingless bee glue shows promise for treating burns Australian researchers at Sunshine Coast University have discovered a compound in the glue produced by stingless black bees that shows promise for treating scarring, severe burns and injuries.