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MEMBER BULLETIN BOARD => GREETINGS/TELL US ABOUT YOURSELF => Topic started by: TerraByte on January 05, 2012, 08:05:29 PM

Title: New member, south east qld
Post by: TerraByte on January 05, 2012, 08:05:29 PM
Hi everyone, 
I have planted up my yard (3/4 acre) in narangba with various fruit trees and lots of veges but I am having a lot of pollination problems.  I am really interested in getting a native bee hive but I am new to bees and really don't know what type of hive to get or where to get one.

Any help would be very much appreciated.

Thanks
Title: Re: New member, south east qld
Post by: AllenF on January 05, 2012, 08:10:31 PM
Welcome to the forum.  There are several beeks from down under here on the forum that you can get with.    If there someone close to. they might be looking for another bee yard.
Title: Re: New member, south east qld
Post by: specialkayme on January 05, 2012, 10:34:11 PM
Welcome to the site!
Title: Re: New member, south east qld
Post by: TerraByte on January 06, 2012, 08:31:52 PM
Thanks  :)

I hope to learn a lot more about native bees,  Although they don't give a great deal of honey I like the fact that they are stingless.

Steve
Title: Re: New member, south east qld
Post by: Lone on January 07, 2012, 10:25:55 AM
Hello Terra,

I got my stingless bees yesterday from someone listed on this site. http://www.aussiebee.com.au/keepingstinglessbees.html (http://www.aussiebee.com.au/keepingstinglessbees.html)    Now I have to learn about them too.  You should get the right bees for your area.

Lone
Title: Re: New member, south east qld
Post by: ShaneJ on January 09, 2012, 05:25:35 AM
Hi Steve, welcome to the forum. I'm just up the road at Burpengary. I have some native bee hives here if you wanted a close up look. I don't have any for sale though.

If you do end up getting some native bees, make sure you get the Trigona carbonaria which are more suited for around here. They are pretty much set and forget so you don't need t o knot a lot about them.