The Weekly News podcast 5@5
Central Coast Newspaper’s Weekly News podcast 5@5 for the third week of March 2023. In the bulletin, this week: Electioneering is heating upNurses to sue State GovernmentLocal bees in…
Bees
Be on lookout for bee mite as weather warms up
New measures have been put in place as part of the varroa mite emergency response to help deal with an expected increase in bee activity as the weather heats up….
Beehives at Calga infected with varroa mite
The NSW Department of Primary Industries has confirmed it has identified loads of bees at Calga connected to the recent detection of the varroa mite in Newcastle Port. These Central…
Arboretum runs talk about bees
The Pearl Beach Arboretum is expected to be abuzz with intrigue as it hosts a presentation about native bees on Sunday, November 7 at 1pm. The talk will be held…
Down in the Garden: A Native Bee-Friendly Garden
Bees have enjoyed celebrity status the past couple of years and rightly so. They even have a day dedicated to them with Thursday 20th May now declared World Bee Day….
Down In The Garden: Getting To Know Your Pollinators
The European Honeybee (Apis mellifera) gets a lot of great PR. They do a good job of pollinating plants and in providing the standard honey that most of us are…
To Bee or not to Bee: World Bee Day, May 20
World Bee Day was on May 20 and Member for Gosford and avid apiarist, Liesl Tesch, has renewed calls for the State Government to provide a recovery plan for struggling…
Central Coast based Royal Easter Show champions celebrated
The 2017 Royal Easter Show was abuzz with Central Coast talent with local beekeepers dominating the Show with the best that the Central Coast had to offer. Top honours went…