November 21, 2024

VIDEO: How to Collect Honey from a Stingless Bee Hive – Sugarbag Native Bees


In this video, we demonstrate how to collect honey from Australian native bees using a honey super. How to remove a honey super from a native beehive and also how to add a honey super to an existing hive. On our property, we have 18 native stingless beehives which are owned and maintained by my uncle and in return, the bees pollinate our fruit and vegetables – it’s a win-win and what’s more, they don’t sting! Cheers 🙂

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28 thoughts on “VIDEO: How to Collect Honey from a Stingless Bee Hive – Sugarbag Native Bees

  1. I found this channel because I started looking up keeping bees. I'm in the US and I'm starting with Buckfast and Italian bees.. most sources won't even tell you about Australian Stingless bees as a honey bee. This was awesome to see and watch.

  2. I know this is an old video, but when you say honey port is like a mead? Like we get in the UK. I'm thinking about having a hive or two eventually. One native the other European honey bee.

  3. Well good to watch your valuable informative video about string less bee.i have few questions.1.please described the bee hive full measurements.
    2.how did you increase this colony.
    3.how to catch those bee from nature.
    4.what is the challenge to keep them healthy.

  4. I'm going to research but thought I might ask. How did indigenous Australians collect the honey from native bees? I have a 100 plus year old pine tree that is to all appearances dead except for when you look way up high. I call it my Whomping willow. Native bees have made a home in it's base for the past 11 years. I've seen wasps and birds all try to feast on them but they continue to thrive. I don't want the honey as I'm too scared to upset the natural balance. The fact I wake up each day in Kangaroo Point, inner city Brisbane and can view these beauties amazes me.

  5. I just started beekeeping, so it's interesting to see the differences. There definitely seems to be a big difference in the capacity for mass production between the two.

    I am curious why the boxes are so thick? I could see if it was for cold insulation, but seems pretty warm where those bees live.

  6. Thank you for this video. We've had a hive in an old log in the yard for years but have only just got a box which we've attached and they are building in their new home. Can't wait til we have some honey to harvest.

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