Part 1: Design of an Australian Native Beehive

Dr Tim Heard, Research Scientist, talks about the design of an Australian native beehive, suitable for many species, especially Tetragonula carbonaria and Tetragonula hockingsi. It is designed for propagation and honey extraction
See dimensions of hive at www.sugarbag.net
For further information, please contact Dr Heard at [e-mail]

[@sarcasmo57]

I'm super excited about getting into native bee keeping. Thanks for the info Dr Tim.

[@Lumley106535]

Love the birds and background noise in this, informative too :)

[@vidameliponario]

So nice your work Tim It's glad to see you here.

[@AllyRendall]

Awesome work Tim!

[@junaidim.j3369]

great stuff. In malaysia, we just use a topping on top of the log.

[@theniceguy27]

thank you so much, great little vid. so clear and easy to understand, cheers!

[@vvvvvv8271]

hi dr. Tim thank you for your nice video.

[@montystaffs1524]

Thanks Tim! Great informative video! X

[@deckone8848]

Well explained sir . Thanks for your design .

[@pavelelagin212]

Such hive is just for a small family. Normal family is 50000-80000 bees and they need a volume around 100 L. An entrance - like a small hole will be a huge problems for coming in and out bees and it's not enough for ventilation of a inner volume of a hive.

[@kennethkelley2895]

very well explained. thank you. It's good to know the why? behind the what.

[@stevemose9292]

Awesome

[@vidameliponario]

Amazing video Thnks for share. Regards from Brasil

[@Raj-yy7xx]

Awesome explainations! Thank you! Does the box design have to be a box rectangular wood, or could other shapes and materials be used?

[@billyhunkin9356]

Can u show us how they make the middle pare and top part

[@juanedmundobenancio9704]

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[@ghian696]

Thanks mate

[@michaelmcgrath7465]

Great and informative videos. Can I ask a question? I have a two-tier hive that is thriving and have built a new three tier hive as described with a spare brood box to add to the existing hive when split. Now I have a dilemma, how do I now get the brood from the top of the existing hive to move into the middle brood box? I’ve nailed the plastic divider in place, but screwed the slump bars.

[@paulgalletly6207]

Good presentation!! What are your thoughts on the plastic dividers with a large hole in the middle to allow room for brood as an alternative to the anti slumping bars? I have found a Native bee hive in a friends wall that I'm planning on trying to duplicate. Never had anything to do with natives, do you have any tips??

[@maxmitropoulos2139]

Thanks :)

[@fredderf4075]

Where can I purchase a well constructed native bee hive?

[@bobjohn1755]

How does the brood excluder stop the bees from laying eggs in the honey super?

[@davidgrowsdragonfruit5301]

As I understand it, the brood grows upwards as a large cylinder or ball of eggs and won't go through a small off centre opening.

[@pokosyanggandurchannel8889]

Really good explanation , excuse me i would like to ask you ? In each section ..are you use any glue ? or not .. I am a beginner in bee world , i keep austroplebeia cincta and tetragonula cf mellipes in Merauke Southern Papua Indonesia

[@jimgelston]

Whats the dimension of the box?

[@florencegaillard3873]

Thanks for the video. Do you have a list of materials required for the build?

[@andrewandlonnimullamphy4390]

Interesting watch. I may sound naive but do the Bees just turn up "if you build it they'll come" style or do you need to source a queen from somewhere and put it the hive. I am in a semi-urban estate with a large back yard and would like to give it a try for a bit of a hobby. thank you

[@arthurrangel392]

You just need to get a plastic bottle and put some pheromones in it and leave it as a "bait" for a new hive then you transplant it into the permanent wooden hive by cutting the bottle and carefully placing the disk parts of the hive into the wooden box.

[@jazzycool2950]

Arthur Rangel where does one get pheromones for the plastic bottle?

[@brucelaidlaw]

No, I don't think there's any record of native bees coming into an empty box. You can buy a full hive, and then, a year later, split it into 2 hives.

[@michellepeile8442]

Thanks Tim, wondering about the metal "roof" - did you shape that yourself - if so, any tips?

[@davidgrowsdragonfruit5301]

Looks like colorbond 'rolltop'ridgecapping which has been bent a little on each edge to grip the hive

[@ashsmtbadventures2668]

Hey mate, where can i find the plans for your design please ?

[@karenbishop6671]

thanks that was a informative session thanks do native hives get attacked the same way as the honey bee hive by the beetle?

[@bobfitz6358]

No thats one reason why keeping these Stingless bees is that there is no enemies of them like varroa or SHB Small Hive Beetle. So the cost of keeping them is minimal,just the wood work. But the honey is only 500g per year.

[@hectguru2909]

How do we get this type of bee in another continent? Southern Cali.

[@tokoachmad]

Mantap.

[@michaelnkanda3561]

does the honey in the supper not fall down when you lift it in order to extract the honey. thanks

[@glennhughchris]

No it is in a honeycomb. You need to puncture the comb with a small bed of nails and the honey will start to flow out.

[@BreaksFast]

@@glennhughchris Australian bees don't construct honeycomb. wtf are you talking about?

[@davidgrowsdragonfruit5301]

@@BreaksFast they construct a bunch of 'honeypots' all joined together out of propolis which is a combination of wax and tree resin. I'm sorry it isn't a perfect sheet of regular hexagons like european bees, but c'mon mate its bloody well close enough to honeycomb

[@episoleludin7677]

Sae pisann

[@Effortless.migration]

I’m curious, there are so many places to find the OATH hive and its variations. How come getting an Australis hive design is nearly impossible. It a shame. A love Austroplebea species.

[@BreaksFast]

"How come getting an Australis hive design is nearly impossible." Probably because Australian bees don't make much honey, so there's no commercial incentive to sell homes for them.

[@mews56]

Where do you get one ?As terrible at construction.

[@mews56]

And get it at a affordable price ? being a pensioner or a senior

[@user-ci6vg8hg3e]

sugarbag.net sells them for I think $170

[@missread5932]

can you buy pre made sugar bag boxes anywhere? I want one please Tim can I buy one from you via paypal?? yes yes yes

[@user-ph4zm1fx3q]

Hai sir

[@rhauser7731]

Why is a grown man using up-talk....Anyhow, I can not imagine an "Australian Native" designing anything so cludgy and so clumsy looking.

[@user-ci6vg8hg3e]

I would like to see you do better.

[@choonfookchong6399]

Awesome