Greetings from South East Queensland

[Lord Viykor]

Hi everyone my name is Tony and I reside in south east Queensland. I have just got my first honey bee nucleus which I placed in my new hive box.

I've had stingless native bees for a couple of years for pollination of our veggies and the novelty value. Decided to finally give honey bees a go to get some honey of my own.

[Larry Bees]

Welcome to the site! Larry

[BeeMaster2]

Welcome to the forum. Keep on reading, there is a lot of good information here.
Jim

[AllenF]

Welcome to the forum.

[ShaneJ]

Hi Tony,

How many stingless hives do you have? I've just recently split some of mine. I currently have 8 with 2 more to split.

Shane

[Lord Viykor]

Shane,

I have two hives at present, a Trigona carbonaria. and Austroplebeia  australis. I'm getting a couple of Trigona hockingsi hives for Christmas.

Lost two caronaria hives over the last two years, not sure why though.

[west end apiary]

Welcome Tony, from another SEQ beekeepers,
I live in Brisbane but have my hives down the coast.
Good luck, I think that beekeeping in SEQ is easier than most other places in the world from readin these forums. I went from one hive in july 2010 and am not at about 6 hives and have lost two swarms in that time. Just make sure you keep the beetle traps full and checked and you should do fine.
Nick

[Monster1970]

Welcome Tony,

Another Northern Brisbane beekeeper here.... actually only just down the road from you, at Narangba. SE QLD is a good spot for raising bees, but you do need to keep up with our SHB traps. The high humidity really lets them go crazy if they get a foothold in your hives. I lost one hive a month ago in only 8 days!

Enjoy the bees!

[ShaneJ]

Shane,

I have two hives at present, a Trigona carbonaria. and Austroplebeia  australis. I'm getting a couple of Trigona hockingsi hives for Christmas.

Lost two caronaria hives over the last two years, not sure why though.

All mine are the Trigonas. I did have some Australis hives but they all died off. I don't think the climate around here is suited to them.

[ShaneJ]

Welcome Tony,

Another Northern Brisbane beekeeper here.... actually only just down the road from you, at Narangba. SE QLD is a good spot for raising bees, but you do need to keep up with our SHB traps. The high humidity really lets them go crazy if they get a foothold in your hives. I lost one hive a month ago in only 8 days!

Enjoy the bees!

I'm just up the road from the both of you. Getting a small community going around these parts  :-P

[Monster1970]

I'm just up the road from the both of you. Getting a small community going around these parts  tongue

We should organise a meet-up  for coffee at some time!

[ShaneJ]

Sounds like a plan.

[Lord Viykor]

I'm just up the road from the both of you. Getting a small community going around these parts  tongue

We should organise a meet-up  for coffee at some time!

Sounds good, I'll also be joining the Northside Beekeepers Assn Inc. next year.

[Monster1970]

I am a member there.... really nice club and great bunch of people. I work away a lot and therefore miss a lot of the meetings, but their open days etc are always good. Look forward to seeing you there!

[specialkayme]

Welcome to the site!

[TerraByte]

Hey guys,

I am new to the world of bees and I am in narangba aswell.  Would love to learn some more about native bees. 

Steve

[Lord Viykor]

Hey Steve,

I'm still learning about all types of bees at present, you should come along to Northside Beekeepers, I just purchased 2 hives off one of the members there.

I can try out help out but my knowledge is pretty limited.

Cheers,
Tony