12 Jul ELKE Native Stingless Bee Information Pack, FAQ’s, How to install/locate – Sydney Elke Bees

The following .pdf documents are to assist with the installation and troubleshooting as well as instructions on how to divide an established native stingless bee colony and transfer over to a new outer hive body  – for Tetragonula carbonaria (Native stingless bees) in Sydney, coastal locations. Other regions will have different parameters and tolerances.

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Here is a link on my website of a 12 minute video of me showing and explaining the different parts of a Native Stingless Bee Hive (care of: the Randwick Sustainability Hub)

Here is a recording of  Dr. Tim Heard (entomologist) workshop on Native Bee Hive Management (42mins).

The hive size is compatible with the native stingless bee hives known as the OATH (Original Australian Tetragonula Hive) which was developed by Tim Heard, Queensland Entomologist of Sugarbag bees and author of “The Australian Native Bee Book” (which I highly recommend).   Here is a link to Tim’s website sugarbag.net