Useful Links and Resources for Beekeepers
- The Australian Honeybee Industry Council
- The Australasian Beekeeper
- Swarm Watch – Report a swarm
- Save Your Leatherwood
- Pollination Aware_The Real Value of Pollination in Australia
- More Than Honey: the future of the Australian honey bee and pollination industries.
- Honeybee_Rural Industries R&D Corporation
- A Field Guide to Native Flora Used by Honeybees in Tasmania
- DPIPWE (more detail below)
- Commercial Beekeeping in Australia
- The B-Qual Program was developed as an independently audited food safety program for Australian beekeepers, the records are used to show compliance with FSANZ food standards and gain HACCP approvals. Simply use the B-QUAL records to show that you are complying fully with the National Biosecurity Code of Practice.
- National Best Management Practice for Beekeeping in the Australian Environment: National Best Practice FBeekeeping Iindustry AE
- A good article covering how to get started with beekeeping, as suggested by a young (prospective) beekeeper. Note that minor translation is needed for the southern hemisphere, e.g. for April read October. https://www.homeadvisor.com/r/bringing-up-bees-at-home/
- Tasmanian Junior Beekeepers group (education about bees and beekeeping for children aged 7 to 17 years): Contact Anita Long at anitajlong@icloud.com
- Regarding permits. In Tasmania, at present beekeepers do not legally have to register themselves as such, though we recommend that they do so (with DPIPWE) and it is likely to become a legal requirement within a year or two.
DPIPWE bee page: https://dpipwe.tas.gov.au/biosecurity-tasmania/animal-biosecurity/animal-health/bees
Other material from DPIPWE (with thanks to Karla Williams):
1. Biosecurity manual for growers on biosecurity threats and best practice:
Plant Health Australia developed the 60 page Biosecurity Manual for the Honey bee Industry to raise awareness of biosecurity threats to honey bees and provide practical advice for both commercial and hobby beekeepers on how to protect their honey bees from key established and exotic pests and diseases. The manual is available online using this link: http://www.planthealthaustralia.com.au/industries/honey-bees/
2. Online biosecurity training:
The main content from the grower manual was converted into an online training module providing free access to the awareness raising material. The Honey Bee Biosecurity module is available on PHA’s website: http://www.planthealthaustralia.com.au/resources/training/biosecurity-online-training/
3. There are some GIS (Geospatial Information System) programs for beekeepers who are inclined to play with mapping programs. Here are links to some: http://www.apimap.fr/uk/sig_apiculture.php
From Apimondia research: http://www.apimondia.com/congresses/2013/Economy/Plenary-Session/Beekeeping%20Activities%20Planning%20With%20Gis%20Methodologies%20-%20Ofelia%20Anjos.pdf
And an interesting (?) read for those who like computer based modelling and research: http://www.ibra.org.uk/articles/The-COLOSS-BEEBOOK-Volume-I-Standard-methods-for-Apis-mellifera-research-Introduction
4. Various:
Tasmanian Apiary Regulations 2011: Apiary Regs 2011
Wasp management: European wasp management
Notifiable Animal diseases: Notifiable Animal Diseases- Bees
Small Hive Beetle: Small-hive-beetle-FS
Tracheal Mite: Tracheal-mite-FS
Varroa Mites: Varroa-mites-FS
5. Swarm Sensing Project: The CSIRO Swarm Sensing project is one of the finalists of the The Australian Innovation Challenge.
The decision will also be made on votes from the public. You can vote for ‘Swarm Sensing’ (and ask your friends to do the same!) on the link below:
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/innovationchallenge/finalist…