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 […]
