Beginners Guide

Australian Native Beekeeping for Beginners - Only $5

 

This guide is for those who have heard all about native bees and how good they are for the garden and the world but have no idea where to start. Its a very basic guide just to get you set up with your first hive in the back garden and doesn't bog you down with extra detail that will fascinate you once you have your hive installed. 26 pages of information to help you understand what bees you need to get, how to set up your yard and how and where to install and open the hive for the first time.
If you are wanting to get a hive but have never known where to start then try this guide to give you a path from thinking about bees to having your first cuppa in front of a hive with native bees streaming out to do good things in the world.

Native bees are absolutely fascinating and there has been a lot of interest in these small native insects recently, with good reason. Native bees evolved alongside Australian native flora and fauna and are uniquely adapted to our harsh Australian environment and our specialised flowers and make a mesmerising addition to the backyard!

There are a few thousand bee species that are indigenous to Australia. Only eleven of them are social bees, and of them, three of those are generally able to be kept by backyard native bee keepers.

This guide will take you through a checklist of things you need to know before you purchase a hive and to make sure you have all the information you will need at each stage of your native bee keeping journey. We hope to guide you through what to expect, what to look for and what you need to know at each step.

We have been native bee keepers for since 2011 and now have many hives of our own and have educted and split hives for a lot of friends and clients, as well as conducting hive transfers from damaged hives and rescuing wild hives from places that were about to be destroyed.

We are very fond of Australian native bees and want to help you enjoy them as much as we do.

If you are nervous about setting up your first hive by yourself – We hope this guide will help reassure you at every step.

Good luck with your journey and Bee Happy! - John and Kara Froggatt