Introduction to beekeeping & sustainable management of honeybees

Bees, blooms and beyond is part of a series of Land for Wildlife talks jointly run by K2W Link and supported through the Cores, Corridors and Koalas - a partnership between the Great Eastern Ranges and WWF-Australia to restore and reconnect critical habitat for forest-dependent native animals.

Learn the tips and tricks for beekeeping and managing pollinator habitat to help protect our native and other pollinators and promote a healthy ecosystem with award-winning apiarist Belinda Foley from Beelinda’s Bee Hive. 

Belinda has been keeping bees for more than a decade at Foley Farm near Crookwell. She produces natural products and bee gifts using beeswax and honey harvested from her hives. At the Sydney Royal Easter Show, she was awarded 20 prizes in the honey and beeswax section as well as being awarded Champion Beeswax. While in 2022, she was named the Champion Small Producer Liquid Honey. At the Canberra Show, she was acknowledged as Most Successful Exhibitor in the raw honey section.

This event is for those wanting to learn more about keeping honeybees, the contribution of honeybees towards the environment and farming, and managing bees and habitat responsibly.

Attendees will have the opportunity to learn more about Land for Wildlife, a voluntary property registration scheme that assists landholders in integrating nature conservation with other land management objectives such as residential use and grazing. 

• Land for Wildlife program
  
• Introduction to bees
  
• Pollination and wild pollinators
• Supporting native habitat and food sources  for pollinators
• Legal requirements and responsibilities for keeping bees
• Beekeeping equipment
• Tips and tricks to maintaining hives
• Harvesting honey
• Benefits of beekeeping
• Q&A

Experience with the bees - $30

For a unique experience join Belinda at Foley Farm for a close-up look inside a beehive.

Bee suits will be provided please wear closed-in shoes and bring leather work gloves or rubber washing-up gloves.

Visiting the hives is weather dependent.