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News story
Can Plan Bee help select for traits to help with Varroa resistance?
...The National Honey Bee Genetic Improvement Program (Plan Bee) is focused on improving the most important honey bee traits for beekeepers and pollination dependent industries.This has involved assessing a broad range of traits including pest and disease resistance, brood pattern, population, honey...
Bee Tech Challenge
...Bee Tech ChallengeThe Bee Tech Challenge aimed to uncover ready-for-market products that addressed key industry areas of hive health, biosecurity, hive safety, bushfire protection and preparedness.Facilitated by the AgriFutures Honey Bee and Pollination Program, the Bee Tech Challenge connected...
Report
Queen bee production survey 2022
...Plan Bee, the National Honey Bee Genetic Improvement Program, surveyed queen production for the 2020-2021 season to report on the state of queen production nationally. This report summarises the findings of the survey. The report is the first of its kind to describe values for queen and package...
‘Plan Bee’ to deliver A+ breeding tech to honey bee industry
...In a first for Australian honey bee breeding programs, a national genetic improvement program is underway to protect the beekeeping, horticulture and broadacre industries dependent on superior honey bee performance.Supported by AgriFutures Australia through funding from the Australian Government...
Bee Informed: A celebration of 60 years of honey bee research in Australia
..., the expenditure of which is managed by the AgriFutures Honey Bee & Pollination Program. The Australian honey bee industry should be congratulated for its foresight and commitment to RD&E. However, findings from RD&E projects funded in the early years of the levy that were not digitised have become...
Honey Bee & Pollination
...One third of Australian food that ends up on our plate is dependent on honey bee pollination. From almonds to avocados, honey bees are vital for the pollination and production of many of our favourite foods.About the AgriFutures Honey Bee & Pollination Program The AgriFutures Honey Bee &...
Media release
Survey reveals queen bee production insights
...Results from a new survey provide valuable insights into queen bee production across Australia and queen products sold to domestic and export markets.Plan Bee, Australia’s national honey bee genetic improvement program, has released results from a nationwide survey into queen production...
News story
Connecting the almond industry with Plan Bee
...Plan Bee and the importance of honey bee genetic improvement to the productivity and value of the pollination-dependent almond industry were showcased to a broad range of stakeholders at a two-day almond conference in Victoria.Poster launchedNSW DPI Plan Bee Technical Officer, Emily Noordyke...
News story, Media release
Plan Bee flies south
...Plan Bee is a truly national program. Earlier this month a Plan Bee team made up of Nadine Chapman and Erica Mo (University of Sydney), Slavi Nenov (NSW Department of Primary Industries) and Frewioni Baume (contractor for the NSW Department of Industries) contingent of the program headed...
Bee quick: New honey bee and pollination development grants to boost the industry
...AgriFutures Honey Bee & Pollination Program Industry Development Grants are now open for the 2022-23 application period. The grants seek to expand industry understanding, knowledge and skills to drive the Australian honey bee and pollination industry into the future. This year there is a particular...
Partnering with Plan Bee leads to easier genetic selection says The Bee Farmer
...Adrian Grew knows a thing or two about producing quality bees.Adrian Grew knows a thing or two about producing quality bees.Whilst he may be a relative newcomer to the commercial beekeeping industry, he cut his teeth working for Australian Queen Bee Exporters where he gained all the skills...
2021 Plan Bee Survey
A 2021 survey of 109 Australian beekeepers was conducted to determine beekeeper attitudes and opinions surrounding genetic improvement of honey bees in Australia. The study asked beekeepers about their queen replacement strategies, what colony traits are most important to them and their perception of Plan Bee and genetic improvement.Setting honey bee nutrition minimum requirements and toxicity for Australian bee stock
...custr13_HBE PRO-013153 Mia Lorber-Hughes 02 6923 6900 Julia Grassl Roche, Robert University of Western Australia Current knowledge of honey bee nutrition is based on research done 60 years ago, in Europe. However beekeeping practices have changed dramatically since then, high intensity beekeeping...
2022 Bee Tech Challenge
...custr13_HBE PRO-015747 Mia Lorber-Hughes 02 6923 6900 Dimity Smith Smith, Dimity The GRO Events Group The Honey Bee Congress is a national event hosted every five years for Australian Bee Keepers. AgriFuturesHoney Bee & Pollination Program is sponsoring...
Bee quick: New honey bee and pollination development grants to boost the industry
...AgriFutures Honey Bee & Pollination Program is pleased announce new industry development grants are now available to help drive the honey bee and pollination industry. The grants are particularly timely for the industry as it addresses the challenges and impact of drought, fires and a global...
Plan Bee Breeding Manual
...Plan Bee, Australia’s national honey bee genetic improvement program, has been initiated to provide the infrastructure necessary to implement modern genetic breeding techniques in the honey bee industry. The program builds on the considerable expertise in queen breeding in Australia...
Fact sheet
Fact sheet: What is Plan Bee?
...Plan Bee is a national program designed to boost the quality of Australia’s honey bee stocks through genetic improvement. Researchers participating in the program have been working hard to build a national database of our genetic pool, an activity that has seen breeders from all major beekeeping...
A passion for honey bees is what drives Therese Kershaw to help the industry stay connected through tough times
...” certainly applies to Therese and beekeeping. Therese is a fourth-generation beekeeper, as is her husband, Laurie. With their children now involved in the honey bee industry, beekeeping is undoubtedly a family affair for the Kershaws.Therese is a dedicated supporter of the Australian honey bee industry...
Honey Bee & Pollination Advisory Panel
...Professor Ben Oldroyd (Chair) Professor of Behavioural Genetics, University of Sydney Ben has worked in the fields of honey bee genetics, behaviour and ecology for over 40 years. Throughout his career, Ben has held roles with the Victorian Department of Agriculture, the United States Department...