After a short break in Tasmania and seeing real bumble bees it is back to business with the Gladstone Branch, getting ready for potential water

Despite the sultry weather conditions we have been experiencing, it seems they have been very good for the bees with most members reporting increased activity

Pretty quiet in our group lately over the holiday season although one of our members Lyall Pohle has been very busy and provided this report.

Firstly thank you to Doug and Madonna for last month’s submission with an excellent account of our Nov Branch get together for a demonstration of

Our November event was a honey extraction from a T. hockingsi hive by one of our members Lyall Pohle at his home in Gladstone suburbia.

I personally visited family in Brisbane recently and was interesting to observe a lot of bee activity in the big smoke, two eduction hives I

The weather is warming up now and the bees are out doing what bees do and everyone is now getting ready to increase their numbers

Now that I am back from my Northern travels, I have found a bit more time to focus on my little family. The cool weather

Gladstone branch newsWater Meter Hives – Whilst we did not receive any re-ports of bees in water meter boxes from councils last round of inspections

Called in on Cheryll Gibson at Daisey Dell on the way home from a turtle adventure to check on her hive development, in particular the

Welcome to 2023 and looking for and exciting year ahead. Like most, I guess my bees have taken a bit of a back seat over