31 Jul The 20th TREENET Symposium Conference – Soil Volumes and Soil Design for Arborists
Soils are fundamental in tree development, health and longevity, so why is soil design not often addressed in tree report...
09 May ‘Mad About Dirt’
'Mad about Dirt' With horticulture experts Angus Stewart and Tino Carnevale (from Gardening Australia) and Elke Haege, (co-author of 'Soils for...
16 Nov What Flower Colours are Bees attracted to?
Many flowers have "ultraviolet nectar guides" on them that are invisible to humans but tell bees where to find nectar...
21 Mar Review of Tim Heard Native Stingless Bee workshop
Finding Tetragonula hockingsi. Elke organised for a free workshop on native stingless bees with Tim Heard as part of a combined...
01 Mar Hives of activity: Keeping native bees can improve your garden’s productivity
I was recently approached by Bettter Homes and Gardens presenter, Jason Hodges who wanted to write an article on keeping...
29 Feb Beekeeping news article: It’s a Buzzy City
Here is the newspaper article from Saturday's Telegraph: 27.02.16....
02 Feb The Australian Native Bee Book by Tim Heard, Sydney book launch
SYDNEY BOOK LAUNCH Thursday, 4 February 5-7pm At Florilegium, 65 Derwent St, Glebe Florelegium will launch Tim’s informative and very accessible book...
25 Nov Native Stingless Bees in urban and suburban areas of Sydney
Native stingless bees have been shown to do very well in urban areas. This is a video I took today...
25 May Introduction to Urban Beekeeping – June 3
Randwick Environment Centre - along with Randwick Council are putting on a free introduction into urban beekeeping on the morning...
01 Apr Honey for health. ‘honey cream’
Honey is again being used as treatments, substitutes, and as part of a healthy diet (Egyptians were using honey in...