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Hey Mark, Just thought i'd check in to see how the Native bee hives are going. From memory Kevin took most hives away but you still have a couple there. Are they doing ok, growing etc?

I've removed the grass, turned the soil a bit and scattered some flower seeds. They've sprouted so all is going ok. I've never had much luck with growing flowers. They grow but don't flower. If i buy full size plants they soon lose the flowers and don't grow new ones. If anyone has any tips i'd...

Hey everyone, I am running a Bee Garden Challenge through my Facebook page and website: https://www.nativebeehives.com Here's some basic info, any support is appreciated. Bee Garden Challenge! Gardening is great for your mental health and also a great activity for your kids, it will also...

The first Australian Native Bee Conference is on the Gold Coast 1 July 2018 Info and tickets at: https://australiannativebeeconference.com.au anyone here going?

Hiyas, while I was at the local nursery they were telling me they purposely don't stock Dynamic Lifter because it contains Cadium, Lead and Mercury. They said they have talked to Yates and suggested they not use those things but Yates didn't want to listen. I've googled it and it seems it does...

There's a new book out, Ag Guide Australian Native Bees. It covers a fair bit, a lot about Solitary Bees where most other books are all about Stingless Bees. My books just arrived and look pretty good. It may share a little information with Tim Heards book as he had some input but if you're a...

On my google travels I found this site: https://www.australianplantsonline.com.au/ I ordered a few plants last week and they just arrived. Posted on Monday, arriving Friday. The plants seemed to be packed well and look healthy. I think they mainly sell these seedling type sizes, 20cm tall and...

Does anyone know if sawdust is ok to use on the garden? I make a fair bit of it and usually throw it out but I'm wondering if it could be useful for something. It's mostly Cypress cheers

I'm going to try get along to this one.... https://mrccc.org.au/2016/08/bee-open-day-saturday-10-september-2016-imbil/

nativebeehives.com is a project website with a focus on individual design and construction of Native Bee Hives and Hotels. Through the site I show some different designs and general construction ideas. I make hive boxes for myself and like to create different designs as a bit of research and...

I made this coffee table a month ago. It's another one of my million dollar ideas :whistles: It's a bit of an ongoing project adding new different sized blocks takes a bit of time. The idea is to have lots of different sized blocks in the center that you can move and jumble around to make...

Did everyone see the wild dog story on Landline? I thought it was pretty amazing that the problem has become so big. Here's a link, it has the video of the show and also a transcript https://www.abc.net.au/landline/content/2016/s4480240.htm

I found that my bag of chook grain is now full of Grain Weevils! I thought they were ants at first so didn't worry about it. It seems they lay their eggs in the grain and then continue to multiply. Apparently you can kill them by freezing or heating the grain. Maybe on the next bag I should...

Here's a new invention to benefit the Honey Bee that we can keep track of. Website: https://thermosolarhive.com/en/homepage/ Crowdfunding page with all the details, sitting at $18,366: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/thermosolar-hive-healthy-bees-healthy-honey--5#/

Hiyas, just thought i'd add my latest project... I've made a couple of Ornamental Ukuleles to go on the cabinet. These are a half size simplified version of the normal ukulele. I'll add some more info and pics Comparison photo from left to right: /1. Half Size Soprano /2. Soprano /3...

Has everyone seen the latest story about plant toxins in honey? Sounds like it's a slow news month and the media have found some study and gone with the story. Links...

My Tahitian Lime Tree has some kind of bugs, anyone know what they are? They're only in one spot, i'm thinking i'll cut that branch off? (there's some ants there too but they're ok)

Just for a bit of fun I thought I'd post up my current project, getting ready for the xmas ski camp. I think it's relevant to being self sufficient, with this same method you can build lots of things, like furniture for your house :maketinker: A Wakeskate is similar to a Wakeboard but has no...

I assume everyone knows about this one, it's been all over the news recently and talked about on the net for a while. It sounds like an ok idea. As usual I am skeptical about the whole thing. Things with lots of marketing always make me suspicious that they may not be as good as they say and...

I just read this from someone in native bee facebook group and thought I'd share..... ==================== My partner and I thought we hit the jackpot when we found 30kg bags of manure for $4 each siting out the front of a cute lil horse farm, so naturally we bought 8 bags and turned them...