Presentations we have made to adult groups include:
- Queen Breeding
- Urban Beekeeping and Honey Production
- Infra-Red Cameras and Beekeeping
- Thermoregulation in Bees
- The Lineage of Apis Mellifera in Australia
- Joe Horner's Natural Queen-Breeding Control System
- Propolis - its properties and uses
- Bees and the Environment (honeybee AND native bees)
- Research and Animal Law
- Animal Welfare
We are available to present to children's groups on topics including:
Different types of bees - workers, drones, queen
Stings - how to avoid them and what to do if stung
Where bees live - in nature and in managed hives
Collection of nectar, pollen and resin
Honey production, including different colours and flavours
Other products - propolis, royal jelly, venom, beeswax
Swarming
Weather permitting (ie if warm enough) we have a secure glass-sided display hive we can bring with live bees working on the comb.
Presentations have been made to such groups as:
- Victorian Apiarists' Association
- Yarra Valley Bee Group
- Geelong Beekeepers Club
- J Beekeeping Club
- Southside Beekeepers Club
- Doncaster Beekeeping Club
- Brighton Joey Scouts
- Glen Eira City Council Residents (via Sustainability Dept)
- Glen Eira City Council Employees of the Sustainability Dept
- Party in the Parks for Glen Eira City Council
- Bee Interest Group (managed by Rotary Club of Caulfield)
- Australia New Zealand Laboratory Animals Association
- McKinnon Secondary College Animal Welfare Group