The Australasian Beekeeper Magazine

The Unique Chemistry of Australian Honey

Honey made from Australian native species best represents the iconic Australian character – we make honeys that are bold and diverse in flavour, which is certainly a reflection of the varied natural landscapes that are available to produce unique...

25 Apr 2024

By The ABK Team

Articles

Poland, the Only Country Where Instrumentally Inseminated Queens are Routinely Used in Commercial Production

Articles

Poland is unique in that instrumentally inseminated queens, IIQs, are commonly used in production hives, as well as for breeding purposes. Annually, an estimated 50,000 to 80,000 IIQs are produced and sold by commercial queen breeders to beekeepers...

20 Apr 2024

By The ABK Team

Articles

Mushroom Extract Might Rescue Bees from Deadly Virus

Articles

Right now, the mycelium extract isn’t currently available in levels for beekeepers to purchase for their hives. ìWe are ramping up production of the extracts as rapidly as is feasible, given the hurdles we must overcome to deploy this on a wide...

18 Apr 2024

By The ABK Team

Articles

Managing Hives to Minimise Damage from Small Hive Beetle

Articles

This past season has seen a large increase in the numbers of Small hive beetle (Shb) observed within beehives in many areas. There have been many reports of Shb forcing colonies to abscond and the hives taken over and slimed out. This has...

13 Apr 2024

By The ABK Team

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01 Jan 2024

By The ABK Team

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Beekeeping Basics- How to light a smoker

Videos

Lighting the smoker and keeping it lit seems to be a major problem to many beekeepers. Interestingly, lighting and maintaining a cool smoke in a smoker is all about physics and camp-fire skills, more so than beekeeping! In this video, we’ll show you...

01 May 2023

By The ABK Team

Poland, the Only Country Where Instrumentally Inseminated Queens are Routinely Used in Commercial Production

The Unique Chemistry of Australian Honey

Giant Toads Aid Spread of Weil’s Disease

Swarm Collection – Facebook feedback

News and Letters

Recently, we reposted some images from the Sydney Bees Facebook site, of Phillipe collecting a swarm of bees. This drew quite a bit of interest, and we wanted to share this with our readers also. Here is what Phillipe had to say: I was asked to help...

22 Apr 2024

By The ABK Team