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  • 04 Mar 2021 5:00 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Hi All I am proud to let you know we now have a new meeting place The Brisbane City Council Sunnybank Hall this allows us to re start normal meeting into the future.

    The address is the Corner of Lister street and Gager street Sunnybank qld 4109

    Hope to see you all there over the coming months

  • 21 Feb 2021 1:34 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Dear Member's

    We hope those who attended the February Saturday info morning enjoyed themselves and managed to leave with a few new idea's.

    and many thanks to Ian for hosting this event at his home opening up his hives to educate new and old beekeepers.

  • 22 Aug 2020 11:25 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Hi everyone I hope you are all safe and well in these troubling times again we are sadly in the position of not being able to hold our meetings due to the covid-19  restrictions reimposed today (22/08/2020) by the QLD government.

    We will keep you informed when we can restart with our gatherings ASAP


    Regards,

    Your committee

  • 27 Mar 2018 8:59 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    A Great night for the club with the committee members doing a presentation on beekeeping in suburbia for the Tarragindi Neighbourhood watch showing our new flow Hive and explaining to interested people the benefits of beekeeping in suburbia the Flow Hive and the live bee display were very popular with the group
    Many Thanks To Jeffrey Farrah and the people of Tarragindi Neighbourhood watch for such a warm welcome To Brisbane Amateur Beekeepers’ Society Inc.
    Thanks to Dorothea, Natascha and Des for the support and input to make this a great success in promoting beekeeping and Brisbane Amateur Beekeepers’ Society Inc.
    And again Thanking Flow for the donation of the Flow Hive to the club allowing us to show people this great product


  • 03 Dec 2017 9:26 PM | Deleted user

    Thanks to everyone for coming along to our Christmas Party a couple of weeks ago! While we did get quite a bit of rain, we all stayed nice and dry in the undercover area secured for us by President Brian and Vice President Fred. Special thanks also to Jamie Randall for procuring all of the food for the event. And finally a big thank-you to Bill Robinson for his hard work in building the beautiful top bar hive shown below, which he has generously donated to the club. Look out for it the next time you visit the club hives- we'll be putting some bees in it before long!

  • 02 Mar 2017 4:44 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Hi many thanks to the members and their guests that attended the inaugural Social catch-up of the Brisbane Amateur Beekeepers Society Inc. held at The Corner Café Sunnybank

    It was a very pleasant morning. Great coffee lots of good conversation not all about bees with some likeminded people.

    Looking forward to this on the third weekend of every month at various places around Brisbane.

    Any members with ideas on places to go please let us know
  • 14 Aug 2016 2:58 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

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    The Varroa mite is only the size of a pin head but it is the most serious threat to the viability of the Australian honey bee industry.  The little bugger is parasitic and feeds on the blood of adult and larval honey bees. It transmits viral and other pathogens, which kill entire bee colonies. Varroa mite is a large part of the problem that has caused honey bee decline in many places around the world. 

    The mite is highly invasive and has colonised the whole world relatively quickly. Varoa originated in north Asia in the 1950s and spread to Europe in the 1970s. It then spread to the USA, Southeast Asia, South America and Africa. In 2000 it turned up in New Zealand. And now, it is in Queensland. 

    This fact sheet was issued by the Queensland bio security office on 21st July 2016:

          https://www.business.qld.gov.au/industry/agriculture/species/declared-pests/animals/varroa-mites

    This YouTube video shows you what the tiny little things looks like and how it spreads its lethal diseases:

         https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nfn4jwqUqvI

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