June 5, 2019
As the world hurtles towards widespread environmental degradation, glimmers of golden hope fly in the air. Bees. Although suffering from myriad human-imposed stressors, indicators show that […]
May 15, 2019
On 7 May, the Intergovernmental Panel on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services which assesses the state of biodiversity, and of the ecosystem services […]
May 1, 2019
World Bee Day celebrations on Sunday May 19th 2019 World Bee Day is happening again (Officially on Monday May 20th) to focus our attention on the […]
February 28, 2019
Spring and summer activities Its been sometime since you’ve heard news from us, but we’ve been very busy networking and making progress with a number of […]
October 29, 2018
Spring has finally sprung and the bees are up and working hard to pollinate our fruit trees so that we can have apples, plums, nectarines, cherries, […]
August 22, 2018
Since World Bee Day on Sunday May 20 We’ve been very involved in all sorts of activities after this wonderful celebration for Australian native and honey […]
July 20, 2018
So now that we are in the middle of winter, all the bees are fast asleep in their hives, catching up on their ZZZZZs, right? Wrong! […]
May 2, 2018
World Bee Day has been officially recognised by the United Nations (UN), in a resolution to focus our attention on the importance of preserving honey bees and […]
March 23, 2018
ACT for Bees members had a beautiful warm autumn day to participate in the Beekeepers ACT Field Day last Saturday 17 March. The Field Day included […]
March 4, 2018
Time to start saving the cuttings from summer for native bee B&B’s. Bamboo is an easy option cut into 15 cm lengths and the spent raspberry […]
February 15, 2018
Have you spotted Blue Banded bees buzzing around your garden or the small resin bees? We’ve had many visitors to our Air Bee and Bee hotels […]
February 2, 2018
Welcome to 2018 which began with the very welcome news of Bunnings decision to phase out the sale of neonicotinoid pesticide based garden products by the end […]
October 30, 2017
Beautiful healing borage is a hot favourite for the bees in our garden and a great companion plant to strawberries, tomatoes and squash. Apparently it […]
August 3, 2017
The Biodynamic Gardening Group and ACT for Bees have been given custodianship of the former Weston CIT Horticultural Training Orchard by the ACT Government. Sadly Weston […]
August 1, 2017
A fascinating day with Megan Halcroft learning about the importance of pollinators, plant and bee co-evolution, the role of honeybees in food security, the pollinator crisis (not just […]
March 5, 2017
We had small bees working diligently to pollinate the Pink Lady and Granny Smith apple trees at the ACT Beekeepers Field Day yesterday. It was wonderful […]
February 8, 2017
We recently visited Beechworth Honey and discovered a wonderful range of educational resources about how vital bees are for food security. 2/3 of Australian agricultural production […]
September 30, 2016
Helen from ACT for Bees will be talking about creating Pollinator Friendly Gardens at 2.30 pm. Come along and hear about the beautiful flowers you […]
August 10, 2016
Adrian Iodice from Beekeeping Naturally has recently been up the ‘top End’ of Australia and returned with distressing news….no bees in Darwin or Katherine! “I was […]
June 20, 2016
The Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew has an extraordinary 17 metre high Hive Installation of sound and light which is controlled by vibrations of […]