Sticky Prick Bee Haven

22/06/2025

Queen Spotting! Leave me a bee 🐝 if you find her. The queen has a long body, short wings, a bald back and there’s sometimes a circle of bees around her ( *hint no stripes on her back)

16/06/2025

Stop following me i have no food lol

16/06/2025

Tough times so I am helping the bees , Feeding them Pollen

13/06/2025

Great video , but why buy from the shop , just buy direct from the Farmer . Support us not the supermarket youll get alot better quality produce ,straight from the hive too you

Golden, sweet, and natural – or is it? Honey has long been prized for its health benefits, but how much do we really know about what’s inside the jar? In thi...

06/06/2025

Friday Bee hive removal and this one , has been here a fair while at least 2 years . But owner wanted it moved on as the hive is near a pedestrian footpath as there are too many bees flying over pedestrians footpath and people are walking into the bees flight path

04/06/2025

We recently had the wonderful opportunity to run a STEM bee educational incursion at Gibb Street Primary School with three pre-primary classes. The students got hands-on experience touching sticky honeycomb, feeling and squishing pollen, and smelling pure beeswax. They also learned all about the fascinating world of bees, including waggle dances, pollination, and honey production. The highlight for me was receiving a heartfelt thank-you card from the students — such a sweet surprise that truly made the day unforgettable

01/06/2025

Nearly finished at the Kalamunda garden festival another bonza turn out

27/05/2025

No one tells you when you start…

There will be days when your hands are your only tools.
Days when lifting heavy boxes without help, gloves, or proper gear stings so much it brings you to tears. 🛠️😢

May your first beehives be harvested by hand — with sweat on your brow and improvised smoke. 💧🔥
And yet, you’ll stay, because something inside tells you it’s worth it. 💪❤️

Being a beekeeper without tools isn’t easy.
It’s a daily battle, a test of love and humility.
But it’s also where the greatest are born:
those who don’t give up, learn through pain, and dream with honey. 🍯✨

To you starting from scratch:
You are not alone. 🤝
If ever in doubt, look at your bees —
They started with nothing too, and now they sustain the planet. 🌍🐝

27/05/2025

On Monday, 27th May, Sticky Prick Bee Haven once again visited the children at John Wollaston Anglican Community School for a hands-on STEM bee educational incursion. The students had a unique opportunity to feel and smell beeswax, take home wax samples, and hold pollen. Through engaging activities, they learned about pollination, the vital role bees play in our ecosystem, and the inner workings of a beehive. The highlight was viewing the bee colony up close through an observation hive, offering an unforgettable glimpse into the fascinating world of bees.

20/05/2025

A honeybee flaps its wings approximately 200 to 230 times per second. This incredibly rapid wingbeat is what produces the distinctive buzzing sound associated with bees. Bees flap their wings not just for flying — they also use them for several other important tasks. Here are the main uses beyond flight:

🌀 1. Cooling the Hive
Bees fan their wings to regulate hive temperature, especially during hot weather. They position themselves at the hive entrance or inside and flap their wings to circulate air and cool the brood (developing young).

Ideal brood temperature: ~34–35°C (93–95°F)

Too hot? Bees bring in water and fan it to create evaporative cooling.

🌬️ 2. Ventilation
Flapping wings help ventilate the hive by:

Removing excess moisture

Expelling carbon dioxide

Bringing in fresh air

This is especially important in humid conditions or when many bees are inside.

🍯 3. Evaporating Water from Nectar
When converting nectar to honey, bees need to reduce its water content from ~70% down to about 17–20%.

Bees fan their wings over nectar-filled cells, evaporating the moisture until the nectar becomes thick, stable honey.

📣 4. Communication (Buzzing)
Wing vibrations help in buzzing sounds used for:

Warning intruders

Alarm signaling to nestmates

Certain bees (like Blue banded Bees ) even use wing vibrations in buzz pollination, shaking pollen loose from flowers.

20/05/2025

Bees contribute to more than US$200 billion worth of food production around the world. Without them the world could struggle to sustain the planet's human population of nearly 8 billion. The most prominent causes of bee colonies collapsing are both manmade and natural from pesticide use, global warming, air pollution and drought.
World Bee Day / 20th May 2025