Suburban beekeepers are being urged to check their bee colonies for an invasive species of parasite as hives are put in lockdown across Queensland. The tiny red-brown parasite, known as Varroa ...

Stripped of food sources essential for survival and honey production, some apiarists have been forced to handfeed their bees to keep them alive. Riverland beekeeper Rob Johnstone described the ...

Did you know that eating local honey builds up your immunity to local pollens?  – a great help to asthma and hay fever sufferers.  Did you realise that if we lose our bees we lose most of our food?