Farmers and gardeners are helping to protect Australia’s precious pollinators through the brand-new Bee Friendly Farming certification program. Pollinators need help! 1Scientists around the world have sounded the alarm that
Farmers’ Markets around Australia are encouraging shoppers to wear yellow at farmers’ markets in May (15 – 23 May) to show their support for bees – Australia’s hard working pollinators.
Wheen Bee Foundation is pleased to announce the names of 15 commercial beekeepers who will participate in the first intake of the 5Bees program that commences in April 2021. Benjamin
Wheen Bee Foundation recently published a Teachers’ Guide to Bees. The Guide was developed in response to the 2021 Junior Landcare Grants that offered a Bee Bonus enabling schools to
Megachile macularis, a female leaf cutter bee carrying dry pollen grains in her scopal hairs. Photo by Laurence Sanders. Did you know, most native bees are solitary? Unlike honey bees,
In May we will once again celebrate World Bee day. The purpose of World Bee day is to raise awareness of the essential role bees and other pollinators play in
Landmark Study Shows Soil Pesticide Reduces Wild Bee Reproduction by 89% When you think of bees, a hive humming with activity probably comes to mind. But most of the world’s
Wheen Bee Foundation is excited to announce a new partnership with Australian Farmers’ Markets Association (AFMA). The partnership will work together to encourage WE NEED BEES markets to be held
Welcome to our newest Business Buddy. We’re thrilled to announce Hoselink has become an official Wheen Bee Foundation Business Buddy partner. Hoselink are running a campaign from 16-28 February with
Giving Tuesday is a global day of generosity that will take place on December 1st 2020 At a time when we are all experiencing the pandemic, generosity is what brings
Building Better Beekeeping Businesses after Bushfire. Wheen Bee Foundation is pleased to announce a number of $18,000 scholarships are available for commercial Beekeepers in Australia. Initially, 14 scholarships are being
It is estimated that about 1000 Australian bees do not have a name, and are therefore invisible. Wheen Bee Foundation has launched a Discover Bees Fund that will support the
Wheen Bee Foundation officially launched the Powerful Pollinators program in November 2020 during Australian Pollinator Week. The program provides information on how to encourage insect pollinators in farm and garden
The Green Carpenter Bee is an iconic and threatened Australian species of bee that exists on Kangaroo Island and also in the Blue Mountains, NSW. Devastating bushfires through 2019/2020 have
Free Webinar. Pollination is vital for our food security. You and your gardening trowel can be a force to reckon with. Learn the best way to make your garden, balcony, patio,
Australian Pollinator Week acknowledges our important and unique insect pollinators during our southern spring (November). It is a designated week when community, business and organisations can come together to raise
Emanuel School in NSW has several projects aimed at lowering the School’s environmental footprint and educating our future leaders about how to responsibly interact with our environment. As one of
The Alan Yen Award for the best Oral or Poster Presentation that addresses issues in the conservation of insects and allied invertebrates was awarded to Dr Remko Leijs for his
From 1 September 2020, South Australian Museum An upcoming interactive display at the South Australian Museum will explore the biodiversity of the iconic Green Carpenter Bee. The interactive uses data
Viewbank College’s Young persons Plan for the Planet (YPPP)Team was recently declared as the ResourceSmart secondary school Action Team of the year. They were awarded this very prestigious award for
Wheen Bee Foundation was recently asked to provide donation envelopes for circulation at the funeral in memory of Anton (Tony) Placko (12.6.1944 – 3.7.2020) If you already have everything you
On Earth Day 2020, partnered with Seacology, the campaign was launched to help save the Green Carpenter Bees on Kangaroo Island. With 95% of the habitat gone, some of the
A pre-release online screening of the Award winning film Honeyland. Tailored for World Bee Day, this screening premieres the Global Online Waggle Dance. See it first here. Watch them both
Join the Waggle Dance Challenge. An Australian-led global celebration of bees for World Bee Day. The 2020 Global Online Waggle Dance Challenge is an attempt to achieve 20,000 waggle dance
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