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... to our values: we are connected, positive, real and future thinking.If you are passionate about the agricultural sector, and the people who drive our rural industries, we welcome your application to join our team.Current opportunitiesManager, Levied and Emerging Industries (Honeybees) | Levied...
Optimising bioactive content of Australian stingless bee honey
... standard be developed so thatapiarists can legally market their high value product. Various standards havebeen implemented around the world to define honey, which generally only relateto Honeybee (Apis mellifera) honey. Stingless honey does not meet thesestandards and new standards need...
Australian Institute of Company Directors – Company Directors Course and Foundations of Directorship Course
... Industry (chicken meat, export fodder, thoroughbred horses, honeybee and pollination, rice, ginger, tea tree oil, pasture seeds, kangaroo, buffalo, deer, goat fibre)4 x fully sponsored positions for individuals working in an emerging industry (industrial hemp, insects, seaweed, sesame)4 x fully...
Marcus Oldham Rural Leadership Program
... Industry (chicken meat, export fodder, thoroughbred horses, honeybee and pollination, rice, ginger, tea tree oil, pasture seeds, kangaroo, buffalo, deer, goat fibre)Individuals involved in an AgriFutures Emerging Industry (industrial hemp, insects, seaweed, sesame)To be eligible for this opportunity...
Closing the pollinator gap to save regional towns
... bees during larval development. Today's honeybees, especially here in Australia, have been bred to produce huge honey crops, as well as functioning in long term stressful environments such as monofloral honey crops and pollination services. Businesses are increasing in size and beekeeping is a much...
Two weeks to apply: Become a future rural leader with the AgriFutures Horizon Scholarship
... available from closing the pollinator gap.”For more information, go to www.rirdc.gov.au/honeybee-pollination“If hives of honey bees are used in a crop, a pollination deficit may exist if there is poor density and strength of hives, inadequate proximity and distribution of hives within the crop...
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Redoubling Australia’s bee protection efforts
..., Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC), Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA), Hort Innovation, Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC), FMC Australasia, AgriProve, Kalyx, Baiada and the AgriFutures Thoroughbred Horses, Rice, Honeybee and Pollination, Agrifood Innovation...
Getting smarter with biosecurity
... devastating impact of exotic pests such as Varroa mite, which is yet to take hold in Australia, pose a significant threat to our honeybees and our pollination services,” he said. “Hence, doing everything we can to help fight this risk is vital.”The enhanced bee surveillance program complements more...
AgriFutures Horizon Scholarship applications open today
... more efficiently than ever, and across remote areas and different environments.For the honeybee industry, remote hive monitoring technologies like Hivemind and ApisProtect use in-hive sensors to detect deteriorating conditions from pests or diseases. And in the tea tree industry Taranis and Regrow...
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Industry Development Grant – Lena Schmidt
...), Dairy Australia, Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC), Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA), Hort Innovation, Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC), FMC Australasia, AgriProve, Kalyx and the AgriFutures Thoroughbred Horses, Rice, Honeybee and Pollination, Agrifood Innovation...
Beating the heat: Hive Haven V10’s breakthrough in sustainable native beekeeping
.... Thisstudy will address the following questions: (i) What non-crop floral resources are used by economically important honey bees and how does this change throughout the year? (ii)What are the key plant species used outside of the crop flowering season? (iii) Do honeybees preferentially forage for pollen...
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Learning how to live with Varroa
... honeybees complement each other in pollinating native flowering plants and certain food crops, underscoring the importance of both species to agriculture and biodiversity.“Previously, people questioned the value of native bees due to their lower honey production. Now, the focus is shifting...
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From bee keeping to pasta making: Claire Moore is turning her family business upside down
... Coordinator for the Australian Honeybee Industry Council (AHBIC). She’s recently returned from a tour of New Zealand with industry colleagues, including Bee Biosecurity Officers (BBOs), sponsored by AgriFutures Australia .Australian BBOs work under the National Bee Biosecurity Program, a national industry...
The rural women blazing new trails in education for Australia’s agricultural future
... on a honeybee genome project so fingers crossed.”Cracking egg sales during Covid-19In 2017, Claire’s farming family expanded to include pastured egg business, The Good Life Farm Co, and the farm now runs 1,200 free-ranging hens. The Good Life was lucky enough to be the first farm in Victoria to obtain...
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Propolis Production: A Potential Boon for the Australian Beekeeping Industry
... Queensland.Over the past five years, inspired by her father’s legacy as a South African beekeeper, Pooley’s journey has evolved into a mission to educate young minds about the indispensable role of honeybees in our ecosystem.“My earliest memory of being involved with bees was when I was five years old...