RigBees'

09/07/2025

09/07/2025

Found on Google from herbazest.com

25/12/2024

Rigbeesoffgrid Wishes all our viewers a Christmas Greeting and Thankyou for your support . And all the best for the New Year

07/08/2022

Once again I must apologise for my neglect of this page. As spring is just around the corner I will endeavour to bring you some updates on what is happening on the beekeeping front .
We now have in our store iron bark honey in 3kg and 1.5 kg containers so pop into 155 canning St Allenstown to stock up

16/01/2022

Well welcome to the new year. Our years resolution is to give this page a little more attention than I have in the past. Recently we have been establishing a Honey Bee Apiary which we have called Top of The Mountain Honey it is located between Mt Hopeful and Struck Oil. With the favourable rain season we have managed to extract some pure 100% eucalypt honey which is available for purchase at our Rigbys' Framing Store in Allenstown Rockhampton. For more details phone Les on 0427278222

08/12/2020

Did you know today is St Ambrose’s Feast Day? He is the Patron of Bees, Beekeepers, and Candlemakers.
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St Ambrose, or Ambrose Aurelius, born around 340AD, was one of the four original doctors of the Church. Legend has it that, when St Ambrose was an infant, a swarm of Bees landed on his face leaving behind a drop of honey. This event signified to his father that the baby would eventually grow up with a gift of a “honeyed tongue.”
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Ultimately, this prediction did, indeed, come true. Ambrose Aurelius studied rhetoric, literature, and law in Rome which afforded him a seat on the Council as the Governor of Liguria and Emilia. With time, he was called on to become the Bishop of Milan (he attempted to run away from this responsibility–literally–but was eventually caught, baptized, and ordained). In this position, he convinced Augustine of Hippo to be baptized as well and then became his adviser. He also became popular with the poor after giving away his land and preaching that they were equal in the eyes of God.
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The Saint’s Feast Day falls on December 7th. He is the Patron of Bees, Beekeepers, and Candlemakers and is often depicted with Bees or a beehive–a symbol of wisdom. His name is still referenced today as Beekeepers use the term “ambrosia” for the mixture of pollen and nectar that is fed to bee larvae by worker bees.
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Read about other Saint Patrons of Beekeeping here: https://windbornefarms.com/patron-saints-of-beekeeping/

Image credit: Image found on ip-roco. com; original source or artisit unknown

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04/06/2020

This an interesting article on the chemistry of honey.Note honey and nectar are to entirely different things

A discussion at the Coweta Beekeeping Association on the chemistry behind feeding bees and the difference between fresh nectar and honey. Studies of interest...

31/07/2019

25 Aug, 2019 – Keeping native stingless bees in Rockhampton, Qld -
Keeping native stingless bees in Rockhampton

Sunday, 25th August 2019 from 10am – 5pm

CQ University North campus

Attend this workshop to learn all about native bees, the solitary and social ones and how to propagate them. The stunning slide presentation will cover the topics of bee nesting biology, bee foraging biology, diversity of wild bees, importance of bees in natural systems, traditional stingless beekeeping around the world, modern stingless beekeeping in Australia, using stingless bees for pollination of gardens and farms, sugarbag honey and its properties, rescuing bees threatened in the wild, and more. In the practical sessions, we will open hives and observe the amazing structures within. We will demonstrate the various ways of propagating hives. You will pick up lots of tips on managing the native social bees, including how to extract honey from them. Includes honey tasting.

***Tea and coffee will be available at the cafe on campus (Expresso Heaven). The cafe will have basic lunch options (sandwiches, muffins, drinks etc) available for lunch, otherwise you are welcome to bring your own lunch***

This workshop includes this year's membership to ANBA, the Australian Native Bee Association (valued at $50) for the all inclusive price of $50.

Presenter: Dr Tim Heard with local beekeepers

This is an official workshop of the Australian Native Bee Association (ANBA) and your registration give you membership for one year until July 2020. At the end of the workshop, there will be a quick meeting to vote on a proposal to form a local branch of ANBA.

For further information, contact Dan Coughlan on 0419 203 240, email [email protected]

31/07/2019

For a limited time, our monthly newsletter is freely available to all. Get your copy here at this link
https://australiannativebee.org.au/news/7796600

12/11/2017

Bee concerned about our bee’s and support your local beekeepers

28/09/2017