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Inaugural winners of the Australian Bee Tech Challenge announced
...Joining the global movement to adopt innovative technologies to safeguard bee populations around the world, AgriFutures Honey Bee and Pollination Program in partnership with the Australian Honey Bee Industry Council (AHBIC) have announced LB AgTech, HiveKeepers and CRC for Honey Bee Products...
Australian Native Bee Strategic RD&E Plan
...Australia has approximately 1650 named native bee species. Most Australian native bees are classified as solitary or semi-social, however there are 11 described species of highly social stingless native bees. All species are valuable pollinators, with stingless bees also producing a highly valued...
Australian Honey Bee Industry Levied Research Compendium
...custr13_HBE PRO-013069 Mia Lorber-Hughes 02 6923 6911 Cooper Schouten Evans, Emma Southern Cross University The honey levy was introduced in 1962, and has been used to commission almost 30 years of high impact honey bee research under the administration of several organisations, including Honey...
Best in the West: Improving the genetics of WA bee stock
... Western Australia is an important region for the Australian honey bee industry, with a breeding program dating back to the 1980s. With good breeding stock maintained in Western Australia for over forty years, the region is a critical part of the success of Australia’s national genetic...
Optimising bioactive content of Australian stingless bee honey
...Australia has 11 native stingless bee species (genera Tetragonula and Austroplebeia), and as in other tropical regions across the world, the stingless bee industry is a rapidly growing emerging industry. Yet Australian stingless bees remain understudied. Honey produced by these native pollinators...
What should you ask your bee breeder?
...Good queens are important to ensure productivity and ease of management. Our national honey bee genetic improvement program, Plan Bee, will lead to improvements in bee breeding and our bees. But how do you ensure you’re getting good queens? There are some things you can ask your queen breeder.What...
Plan Bee researcher profile: Dr Nadine Chapman
...Plan Bee is a national genetic improvement program using innovative breeding technologies to transform the performance of honey bees in Australia. The project team are located throughout the country and are experts on everything from genetics, entomology and beekeeping practices.As the nationwide...
Laying the foundation for a prosperous honey bee and pollination industry
...The AgriFutures Honey Bee & Pollination Program is focused on securing a sustainable and profitable future for Australia’s honey bee and pollination industry. Chair of the industry Advisory Panel since 2017 is Dr Doug Somerville and here he shares his passion for the industry and how the Program’s...
Optimising bioactive content of Australian stingless bee honey
...custr13_NEI PRJ-012494 Hamish Litt 02 6923 6900 Mary Fletcher Cyde-Smith, Jodi The University of Queensland Trehalulose has known acariogenic properties and low glycemic index. The abundance of the novel disaccharide varies widely across thestingless bee honey samples we have analysed. This project...
Fact sheet
Management of bee nutrition in drought and fire affected areas
... for their bees during these challenging times. This fact sheet, developed by Dr Doug Somerville, with AgriFutures Honey Bee Program and the Australian Honey Bee Industry Council, aims to equip beekeepers with fundamental bee nutrition knowledge (water, nectar and pollen) to help during these challenging times.20-004...
Honey Bee and Pollination Program Communications 2018-2020
...custr13_HBE PRJ-011385 Mia Lorber-Hughes 02 6923 6911 Justine Pirie Pirie, Justine Cox Inall Communications Cox Inall Communications will provide communication support for the Honey Bee and Pollination Program. This will include an industry-first survey of participants to guide outputs, which...
Hygienic behaviour of the Western Australian bee breeding program
...custr13_HBE PRJ-002916 Mia Lorber-Hughes 02 6923 6911 Robert Manning Hooper, Roena Western Australian Agriculture Authority, a body corporate established under the Biosecurity and Agriculture Management Act 2007 To genetically improve the hygienic behaviour of honey bees; decrease problems of bee...
Bee pest biosecurity and management levy research project
... the coverage of potential levy payers for these biosecurity and bee pest management purposes to other beneficiaries of them within the industry who are currently exempt from paying levies. The primary reason for this incomplete coverage is the high cost of collection and alternative methods of obtaining...
Development of a Code of Practice and National Bee Biosecurity Program
...custr13_HBE PRJ-009538 Mia Lorber-Hughes 02 6923 6911 Sam Malfroy Turner, Rodney Plant Health Australia Limited PHA to provide program leadership, secretariat and facilitation for the development of a draft Australian Beekeeping Code of Practice and draft National Bee Biosecurity Program.In...
Selection and Development of Australian Hygienic Honey Bee Lines,
...custr13_HBE PRJ-009904 Mia Lorber-Hughes 02 6923 6911 Jody Gerdts Gerdts, Jody Bee Scientifics Proposed is a 3 year project commencing September 2015 ending September 2018 working with beekeepers in Australia to map genotypes of Ascosphaera apis and investigate breeding social and innate resistance...
Honey Bee and Pollination Program communications 2015-18
...PRJ-009819 Mia Lorber-Hughes 02 6923 6911 Megan Woodward Pirie, Justine Cox Inall Communications Cox Inall Communications will provide communication services for the Honey Bee and Pollination Program . Activities would include media releases, feature articles and fact sheets, along with any other...