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• Engaging horticulture with native bee pollinators

  • When
    14 Jun 2023
  •  
    09:00 - 17:00 (ACST)
  • Location
    Northern Territory Farmers Association (Shop 15A Coolalinga Shopping Centre 460 Stuart Highway, Coolalinga Northern Territory
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    27

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  Managing native bee pollinators of rambutan, mango, watermelon, jackfruit and Kakadu plum.

  Presented by Dr Tim Heard and Dr Mary Finlay-Doney, funded by AgriFutures, and supported by the Northern Territory Farmers Association.

  Wednesday, 14 June, 9 am – 5pm

  Note the alternative date of Friday, 16 June, 9 am – 5pm,

  We will exchange information on how to increase the yield of your crops by boosting number of native bee pollinators. You will learn about:

  • ·         Bees, their biology, life cycle, social life, nesting and foraging behaviour
  • ·         Flower structure, biology, and pollination of relevant local crops
  • ·         Managing your farm agroecosystem to protect and encourage native bees
  • ·         Propagation and management of native stingless bee hives on farms

  Dr Tim Heard is an entomologist, stingless bee keeper and promoter of native bees for pollination, honey, education, and conservation. He is an ex-CSIRO research scientist, secretary of the Australian Native Bee Association and organiser of the Australian Native Bee conference. He regularly presents workshops and seminars, talks on radio and is the author of multi award winning and best-selling “The Australian Native Bee Book”.
  

  For additional information or queries please contact: Tim Heard, 0434 416053, tim@sugarbag.net,

  or Dominic Calder, NT Farmers Association, 0439 243846

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• Engaging horticulture with native bee pollinators

  • When
    16 Jun 2023
  •  
    09:00 - 17:00 (ACST)
  • Location
    Northern Territory Farmers Association (Shop 15A Coolalinga Shopping Centre 460 Stuart Highway, Coolalinga Northern Territory
  • Spaces left
    28

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  Managing native bee pollinators of rambutan, mango, watermelon, jackfruit and Kakadu plum.

  Presented by Dr Tim Heard and Dr James Mackinson, funded by AgriFutures, and supported by the Northern Territory Farmers Association.

  Friday, 16 June, 9 am – 5pm

  Note the alternative date of Wednesday, 14 June, 9 am – 5pm,

  We will exchange information on how to increase the yield of your crops by boosting number of native bee pollinators. You will learn about:

  • ·         Bees, their biology, life cycle, social life, nesting and foraging behaviour
  • ·         Flower structure, biology, and pollination of relevant local crops
  • ·         Managing your farm agroecosystem to protect and encourage native bees
  • ·         Propagation and management of native stingless bee hives on farms

  Dr Tim Heard is an entomologist, stingless bee keeper and promoter of native bees for pollination, honey, education, and conservation. He is an ex-CSIRO research scientist, secretary of the Australian Native Bee Association and organiser of the Australian Native Bee conference. He regularly presents workshops and seminars, talks on radio and is the author of multi award winning and best-selling “The Australian Native Bee Book”.
  

  For additional information or queries please contact: Tim Heard, 0434 416053, tim@sugarbag.net,

  or Dominic Calder, NT Farmers Association, 0439 243846

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• Native Bee Workshop, Darwin NT

  • When
    18 Jun 2023
  •  
    10:00 - 16:00 (ACST)
  • Location
    Coolalinga Northern Territory 0839
  • Spaces left
    32

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  Are you interested in keeping native stingless bees for fun, honey production, conservation or pollination? In this workshop, entomologist and professional educator, Dr Tim Heard, with the assistance of local Barry Conde will teach you the basics on how to become a stingless beekeeper. This workshop alternates between slide presentations and a practical session to build a strong foundation of knowledge and experience. The stunning slide presentation will cover the topics of bee nesting biology, bee foraging biology, diversity of wild bees, importance of bees in natural systems, traditional stingless beekeeping around the world, modern stingless beekeeping in Australia, using stingless bees for pollination of gardens and farms, sugarbag honey and its properties, rescuing bees threatened in the wild, and more. In the practical sessions, we will open hives and observe the amazing structures within. We will learn how to move a colony from a log into a hive. We will demonstrate the main techniques of colony propagation. We may even extract honey from a hive.

  Tim is an entomologist, ex-CSIRO research scientist and a long-term stingless bee keeper. He has presented workshops and seminars for more than 30 years on bees and keeping stingless bees in particular.  He is the author of The Australian Native Bee Book – a best seller and multi-award winner.

  He will be assisted by local meliponist Barry Conde. 

  When: Sunday 18 June 2023

  Time: 12am to 5pm 
  

  Where: Northern Territory Farmers Association (Shop 15A Coolalinga Shopping Centre 460 Stuart Highway, Coolalinga Northern Territory 0839

  What’s included: Tim’s comprehensive workshop. 

  Price for members of the Australian Native Bee Association: $25, non-members: $55. If you are not yet a member, join here, https://australiannativebee.org.au/join-us, wait until you are approved, then return to buy ticket. If you are not yet a member, it will save you money to join first, plus you get other membership benefits.

  Please cater for your own refreshments and snacks. Tim’s book and equipment etc. are extra.

  For additional information or queries please contact

  Tim Heard, 0434 416053, tim@sugarbag.net

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