Our Story
We all share a common issue: no bees = no life. Save the Bees Australia aims to empower others to create change in their world. Bees and humanity face a major challenge from insecticides, herbicides, industrial-scale monoculture food farming and habitat fragmentation. Together we can tackle these issues and Save the Bees.
What we Do
Save the Bees Australia’s aim is to unite like-minded people and raise awareness of the importance of bees and the plight that bees face. We are passionate advocates and educators who work with the community to change policy and personal action to support bee populations. Save the Bees Australia evolved from saving and rehousing problematic bee infestations to a social enterprise advocating for organic farming, nutrition, pollution, environment, education, wisdom, permaculture and love.
How you can Help
Donate
Your support allows us to keep Save the Bees Australia generating change. Please call us if you have any questions about your contribution. How do donations help?
Sign the Petition
Sign our petition to have imported honey labeled with country of origin. Help prevent corporations from confusing consumers by not adding country of origin on their imported honey products.
Personal Action
Learn how you can create a bee-friendly home and support bee-friendly practices.
Report a bee swarm
Do you have a swarm of bees that are bothering you? Swarm Patrol puts you in contact with beekeepers who will house and relocate the colony.
Bees are at their most vulnerable and friendly when they swarm. Every bee in the hive knows the status of the hive’s health, production, and coherence. When the hive has ample honey and favourable weather conditions the colony will split to reproduce. Swarming involves the oldest and wisest bees leaving their established location to scout out a new location.
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www.theage.com.au/national/scientist-abuzz-as-bee-thought-extinct-for-100-years-lands-near-him-20...
3 days ago
Breathe Easy Mornington Peninsula
Mornington Penisula’s whole eco system including billions of bees, both indigenous and honeybees, have been saved thanks to community activism.
When it was announced in 2019 that the DHS was going to institute chemical warfare by fogging a dangerous insecticide between Portsea and Tootgatook to reduce mosquito numbers the community galvanised quickly.
Within a week more than 20,000 signed a petition or wrote to their community representatives.
After a public meeting attended by thousands the spraying program was cancelled.
Fortunately for those suffering and concerned about ulcer, the study into the mosquitos role as a vector for bacterial diseases has just received a $1.5M million dollars allocation from the federal government.
Tim Stinear has announced that none of the money allocated to the medical study will be spent on chemical sprays. Instead a mosquito reduction program will involve the use of more environmentally conscious mosquito traps.
Last year the number of Brulli cases dropped significantly. According to Mornington Councillor Hugh Frasier this may have something to do with unblocking storm water drains in low lying areas of Rye and Blairgowie.
5 days ago
@sydneynativebees diversity love ❤︎
kiss someone that least expects it & choose your own adventure... together maybe!
An amazing capture & symbolic image of of two individual native bees, sharing an intimate space of rest, that is maybe not quite meant to be!
The parasitoid & the host.
(one being a cuckoo bee, the nest thief of the other species)
This beautiful photograph & ironic moment was captured by Permaculture educator, Knowledge sharer & Earth carer ❤︎ Margaret • Moss House @mosshouseau
www.mosshouse.com.au
: on top • Neon Cuckoo Bee - Thyreus nitidulus
: bellow • Blue Banded Bee - Amegilla asserta
7 days ago
A southern Queensland beekeeper is desperate for answers after losing up to 600,000 honeybees to suspected poisoning by a controversial agricultural chemical banned in Europe called Fiprinol .
"It's gut-wrenching. I can't really cope with it," he said.
"You're left with an absolute mess of dead bees and empty boxes.
"It's bad enough seeing the dead bees but when you see all the dying bees falling from the hives … it's a sight you don't want to see."
Since reporting the deaths at his property, Mr Donohoe said he had spoken to eight neighbours who had also lost bees.
He welcomed Biosecurity Queensland's investigation but said he would not be able to restore his colony.
"After this lot, I'm finished. ," he said.
"I've spent 10 years getting the bees to where they are now.
It is understood billions of indigenous bees die in these incidents but unfortunately because they don’t live in large colonies their deaths are not noticed by authorities.
#banfiprinol #banneonicotinoids #savethebees
2 weeks ago
It’s a lot nicer watching a goat eat something than watching a lawn mower or a brushcutter,” says Michael Blewitt, owner of Dry Creek Farm, based in Mudgee, which rents out mobs of goats to help landowners get on top of their weed problems.
He would know. After buying a farm a few years ago, Blewitt discovered he and his partner were the accidental owners of around 13 hectares of blackberry, which is such an environmental nasty it’s labelled a weed of national significance. But with a vulnerable newborn in their midst, they were reluctant to use herbicide to bring the thorny weed to heel, and instead looked to permaculture for their solution.
“One of the mantras of permaculture is ‘the problem is the solution’,” he says. “So you’ve got a problem with blackberry, you just need to have something that eats it.” It’s a solution that requires no fuel – apart from that used to transport them – and generates only biodegradable waste. “You get them in, graze through an area, you’ve cycled the nutrients and that improves your soil.”
Goats will eat a huge range of weeds, including blackberry, thistles, scotch broom, honeysuckle and wisteria. They’re aided by their prehensile lips, which enable them to negotiate their way around thorns and prickles to reach the tasty greenery. A mob of around a dozen goats can get through a blackberry patch the size of a single-car garage in around a day.
His goats are even helping to control weeds in public parks and on school grounds. “There’s no chemicals, no noise, and all the kids love it.”
www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/feb/13/unstoppable-eating-machines-why-australian-farmers-ar...