SYDNEY Bees · Committee 2018-founded by a famous colonel in 1954 -suffered from diploma0c...

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How well do you know bees and Sydney bees?

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Bees

Committee 2018

-foundedbyafamouscolonelin1954-sufferedfromdiploma0cdisagreements-survivedneardeathearly200-recoveryin2007-unprecedentedgrowthinthelast5years

2000members

Urbanbeekeepingin

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Committee President:NailaEvenVicePresident:DavidRosenSecretary:PhilCrowleyApiaryofficer:OlivierPingotTreasurer:ChrisFneUnderhillMediaofficer:VeraSistenichGeneralcommiJeemembers:DougPurdieElkeHaegeGavinSmithElizabethChapmanGabrielewagnerZoeThayerFelicityHaloKatyThompson

161Members,branchcreatedin2012byDougpurdieVickyBrownElkeHaege

Networking community support

Educating through practice

Educating through practice

Collective work

Education from experts

Collaborating with other local communities

Newsletters

SolitaryAustralianna0ve:dominocukoo

TetragonulaCarbonaria ApisMellifera

Na0vesocial-S0ngless=produceverylowhoneystores

EuropeanhoneybeeS0ngandproducealotofhoney!

Europeanbees

Honeybee life cycle

Native bee nest

Foodsecurity

EconomicalImpact

BeesPollinate1/3ofourharvest

Produc0onof:Honey,wax,propolis,royaljelly

=4-6billions$peryearinAustralia

=92millionde$

Economical impact

Pollinisa0on

Honey extraction

centrifuge

filter

bucket

Honeyframes

Honey extraction

“Colonycollapsedisorder”(CCD)isdirectlylinkedtoworldglobalisa0onofexchange.

(BeesarethreatenedworldwideexceptinAustraliasofar!!)

Create habitats

Plant flowers

Thankyou!

Better apiculture through knowledge 1-increasetheknowledgesofbeesandbeeculture2-improvethestandardofbeekeepingamongbeekeepersandtoencouragetheforma0onofbranches3-assistthestudyofsubjectsalliedandrelevanttoapiculture4-fosterintelligentobserva0onandprac0calhandlingofbees5-affordadviceandassistancetobeginners6-toarrangelectures,discussion,demonstra0onsandfielddaysforthebenefitofmembers7-toassistmembersintheacquisi0onofsuitableapiculturalliteratureandequipmentbypurchaseorloanfromtheassocia0on8-toseekandassistpeoplewhoareinterestedandqualifiedtocarryoutresearchworkonbeesandbeeculture,andtoarrangeforassistanceintherecogni0on,controlandtreatmentofdiseaseaffec0ngbees.9-toprotectthehoneyandpollenfloraandtheinterestsofbeekeepers10-toencourageobservanceoftheapiariesactandregula0ons11-topublishanewsbulle0natregularintervalstoincludethedetailsofmee0ngsandotherrelevantinforma0on.