Australian Native Bee Workshop

Learn about Australia's Native Bees and how to support our bee population by creating your own bee hotel is this free, one day workshop, presented by Dr Megan Halcroft. 

The day will include:

• A seminar-style presentation
• A light lunch
• Bee hotel workshop*

The seminar-style presentation will cover:

• The importance of pollinators (bees) in our ecosystems
• Plant and bee co-evolution (best pollinators)
• A brief comparison of Australia’s social bees (honey and stingless bees)
• Australia’s native solitary and semi-social bees
• How to support native bee populations in our environment
• Understanding the ‘other’ bugs in our environment
• Questions.

During the hands-on, bee hotel workshop, participants will:

• Need to bring a pair of secateurs
• Work in groups and learn to make a simple bee hotel with bamboo
• Learn how to use bee hotels to help grow native bee populations
• Take home their bee hotel.

*Please bring your own secateurs for the Bee hotel workshop.