Our Story
All of us share this issue: no bees = no life. I want to empower others to know they can make a difference. Products like “Round Up” weed killer and “Confidor” insecticides have been proven to harm bees. Glyphosate – the active ingredient in Round Up – has been banned in several countries for being carcinogenic. Bees and humanity face a major challenge as massive corporations are determined to feed the world with GMO (genetically modified) Food mono culture farming.
What we Do
Save the Bees Australia has evolved from saving problem bee infestations and re housing bees into a social enterprise. Bees encompass so many issues organic farming , nutrition , pollution , environment , education, wisdom, permaculture and love. 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.
How you can Help
Donate to Bee the Cure
Your support would mean a lot to us, If you have any questions please called us 0400 882 146. Donate Now
Sign the Petition
Corporations are confusing consumers by not adding country of origin on their imported honey products. Sign our petition to have imported honey labelled with country of origin.
Report a bee swarm
Do you have a swarm of bees that are bothering you? Bees are at their most venerable 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 older and wisest bees leaving their established location to scout out a new location. Swarm Patrol puts you in contact with beekeepers who will house and relocate the colony.
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Your support would mean a lot to us, If you have any questions please called us 0400 882 146
22 hours ago
Savethebeesaustralia is working victims of the fires to help raise funds for all beekeepers on the east coast of Australia who are suffering as a result of the fires.
So many beekeepers are affected it is hard to know where to begin but a start would be assisting those who have lost hives and apiary sites.
Many of the beekeepers are without phone reception or internet and some at the moment are trying to protect their homes and apiary’s.
It is chaotic for them at the moment and many are the type of Australians that are to humble to ask for help.
Some were already suffering from the drought and low honey price due to imports.
The scale of the fires is overwhelming:
www.facebook.com/nswrfs/videos/vb.213250965551/667473703780929/?type=2&theater
Finding your hives burnt is devastating:
www.facebook.com/amberdropaustralia/videos/719918195179726/
This initiative is lead by three beekeeping operations that have also suffered loses in the fires.
Ana and Sven @amberdrophoney Johns River
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Peter and Aspen @midcoasthoney Elands NSW
Michael from www.australiasmanuka.com.au
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Nigel and Chelsea and Sticky Tip Bees
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Some of the areas that have been burnt such as Elands NSW are in rainforest areas that have never burnt before.
So much foraging area has been lost and may not produce nectar for three to five years .
As we know we need bees to pollinate the food we eat.
For this area to recover we need a bee population.
Local Beekeepers Ana and Chelsea Hands will form a committee with beekeeping victims to manage the funds.
If you are a beekeeper that needs assistance please email stickytipshoney@gmail.com
We will be collecting details and number of hives lost from the affected beekeepers and strategising on how to
Other ways to help:
Support your local beekeeper and purchase directly from them whenever possible.
www.beethecure.com.au/honey-map/
Plant native species to support bees and other species.
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www.paypal.me/amberdrophoney
www.gofundme.com/f/help-beekeepers-affected-by-fire?utm_source=customer&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_...
Or if you prefer to donate directly:
Amber Drop Honey
BSB: 704-189
ACC: 11002538
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1 day ago
The white blood cells remind me of bees attacking predators like spiders and hornets attacking a honeybee colony.
2 days ago
Save the bees Australia founder Simon Mulvany has received an apology from Department of Human Services Victoria chief health officer Dr Brett Sutton for the controversial mosquito spray.
Mr Mulvany said if the spraying blitz had gone ahead on a bigger scale there would have been no local honey on the Peninsula.
He said Dr Sutton conceded the spraying, a bid to eradicate mozzies possibly carrying the harmful Buruli virus, shouldn’t have taken place. Four Rye streets were sprayed earlier this year as a test but the wider plan, which was set to take place in October, was cancelled amid fears about the harmful effects of the chemicals.
“There’s simply not enough information to say mosquitoes are a vector for the ulcer,” Mr Mulvany said.
He said the Buruli ulcer had decreased on the Peninsula.
“If they had gone through with the spraying, they probably would have been able to form some correlation,” he said.
“They were planning to spray an astronomical area between Portsea and St Andrews, (but) the harmful effects of these chemicals had not been properly communicated.”
Mr Mulvany said the impact on local bee populations, particularly indigenous bees, as well as honey for consumption and medicinal purposes would have been “devastating”.
“Every insect would be affected; tadpoles, frogs and even the insects that kill mosquitoes. The issues arising from the spraying could have been bigger than the ulcer.”
Mr Mulvany said with the “global bee crisis” it had never been more important for bees to live in urban environments.
Dr Sutton said his team was still working to stop the Buruli ulcer.
“I know the research team went about their activity with the best of intentions — they wanted to protect public health and get to the bottom of how Buruli is being transmitted,” he said.
“Going forward, we will make sure liaison happens with the community in the best way possible, with a portal for raising concerns and getting information.” Via Journalist Sally Heppleston
Full article below.
www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/south-east/save-the-bees-australia-founder-says-controversial-mosquit...
Or
leader.smedia.com.au/mornington-peninsula/
3 days ago
Save the bees Australia founder Simon Mulvany has received an apology from Department of Human Services Victoria chief health officer Dr Brett Sutton for the controversial mosquito spray.
Mr Mulvany said if the spraying blitz had gone ahead on a bigger scale there would have been no local honey on the Peninsula.
He said Dr Sutton conceded the spraying, a bid to eradicate mozzies possibly carrying the harmful Buruli virus, shouldn’t have taken place. Four Rye streets were sprayed earlier this year as a test but the wider plan, which was set to take place in October, was cancelled amid fears about the harmful effects of the chemicals.
“There’s simply not enough information to say mosquitoes are a vector for the ulcer,” Mr Mulvany said.
He said the Buruli ulcer had decreased on the Peninsula.
“If they had gone through with the spraying, they probably would have been able to form some correlation,” he said.
“They were planning to spray an astronomical area between Portsea and St Andrews, (but) the harmful effects of these chemicals had not been properly communicated.”
Mr Mulvany said the impact on local bee populations, particularly indigenous bees, as well as honey for consumption and medicinal purposes would have been “devastating”.
“Every insect would be affected; tadpoles, frogs and even the insects that kill mosquitoes. The issues arising from the spraying could have been bigger than the ulcer.”
Mr Mulvany said with the “global bee crisis” it had never been more important for bees to live in urban environments.
Dr Sutton said his team was still working to stop the Buruli ulcer.
“I know the research team went about their activity with the best of intentions — they wanted to protect public health and get to the bottom of how Buruli is being transmitted,” he said.
“Going forward, we will make sure liaison happens with the community in the best way possible, with a portal for raising concerns and getting information.” Via Journalist Sally Heppleston
Full article below.
www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/south-east/save-the-bees-australia-founder-says-controversial-mosquit...
Or
leader.smedia.com.au/mornington-peninsula/
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4 days ago
One way to help Save the bees is to learn about them. Pollinator Alliance has a great new Bee School based in Melbourne where you can learn more about bees and beekeeping.
1 week ago
Bees survive #bushfires. #beekeepers know the response of honeybees to smoke is to retreat and gorge on honey which tends to make them less inclined to sting, coupled with the masking of their alarm pheromone this is a godsend as it enables beekeepers to tend to their apiaries. This innate behaviour demonstrates bees have evolved through a fire-prone ecology.
The perception that honeybees can escape an approaching wildfire by gorging on honey than absconding in advance is an utter fallacy. Preparing to abscond or swarm takes planning, a laying queen is too heavy to fly and honey bees rarely abscond if brood is present. Thus for a swarm to depart from a hive takes preparation in advance – workers will stop feeding a queen before the anticipated swarm date and the queen will stop laying eggs. This is impossible with the sudden arrival of a fire.
After a devastating wildfire in the Table Mountain South Africa an analysis of the 17 natural nests within the fire zone supplied an explanation. Most colony's unexpectedly survived 68% had their openings entirely enclosed in propolis with small openings within this propolis wall serving as fire wall at entrances to the nest.
This is when the stored honey is essential to tide them over this dearth period which is about 2 to 3 weeks long before the fire-loving ephemerals sprout from underground bulbs or rhizomes and flower in profusion, having been relieved of competition from other plants.
The colonies are able to survive wild fires, another example of the incredible genius which exists in nature. //www.naturalbeekeepingtrust.org #savethebees #beethecure