Native Bee Rescue & Education Sunshine Coast

26/10/2025

Been very busy making boxes. Had to empty the racks to refill with the new load

23/10/2025

The Biggest myth about native queens.
“They will fight & kill each other”
Native queens actually work together without issues.
I don’t know how many times now I have found multiple queens in hives. One AA log had 3 (that was a lotto win)
The one below had 2 queens, the one circled is the old queen, she was transferred along with the brood.
The second younger queen was found in the pollen stores after removal. She was vacuumed up & transferred to the hive with all the others.

19/10/2025

New reel from today 😍

19/10/2025

19/10/2025

Thanks to our amazing participants today at our Sunday workshop! Today we reboxed a hive that had water damage within the hive. There was water pooled on the floor of the hive. Thanks Sass for bringing this hive to enable others to see what a bit of water can do! It was otherwise a very strong hive with good numbers and a beautiful queen 👸 🐝

06/10/2025

Saturday's workshop was just wonderful. We had a great crew of attendees who were very interactive and we were delighted when a beautiful young TC queen presented herself for viewing 😀 🐝

04/10/2025

Update:
Owner has been found

I’ve had this hive for quite some time & cannot remember who owns it. If you recognise this hive please get in touch.

01/10/2025

Tetragonula Sapiens. These are from far north QLD & it’s very common for them to colonise a single cavity of concrete blocks. In Kuranda I found 20 hives in a single concrete block building (toilet/shower block) everywhere I went I found hives.

29/09/2025

My Next load of cypress has arrived. Now to put it all though the thicknesser then into the drying racks.

23/09/2025

Second TC log transfer today. This one had no ant pressure & numbers we off the scale. Checkout the size of this cavity

11/09/2025

Here we are ready to give you the Buzz on Native Bees on a beautiful spring day at the Laidley Spring Festival! Come and say Hi!

11/04/2025

All set for the Mothar Mountain Community day and market tomorrow. It's on from 9 am - 1pm. Dean will be giving a talk and performing a hive transfer. We will have beautiful native bee honey and balms for sale, as well as Native Bee books and bee inspired jewellery for sale as well. Come and see us!