Recommended Reading

Keeping Bees on Private Land
a paper by Colin Goodwin 2016

Would you like to host some hives on your land?
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​A number of people have expressed interest in utilizing their land for hosting bee-hives. These offers are very generous and taken seriously by the club but we cannot get around to assessing all of the properties on offer to us and this has created a slight problem. 
Colin Goodwin has  written a very comprehensive article titled 'Keeping Hives on Private Land' to help guide those who would like to offer their land for the use of beekeepers.
Hopefully all of your questions are answered in the article but if you have any further  queries please direct them to the club via the contact form on the last page of this website. Thank you.

The article is available for you to read or download HERE. ​
​Regulations on Selling Honey©
a paper by Colin Goodwin 2017

​Hopefully this article will answer all of your questions
Organic Beekeeping Certification©
a paper by Colin Goodwin 2017
Colin has been busy again doing research fro us so that we don't have to spend hours traveling around the internet looking for all the info we need to find out what is necessary to register as an organic beekeeper.
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Trees & Plants for Bees   pdf (Stan Glowacki GAA)
A comprehensive list in order of season  giving tree and plant size, flowering times and honey production - NB: this may all vary with district and seasonal variations.
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​CFA - Guidance for Beekeepers during
​the Fire Danger Period and Total Fire Ban Days in the Country Area of Victoria
Wonderful World of Honey: from the AHBIC
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A series of articles ranging from beekeeping in ancient times through to harvesting and cooking with honey. This is a great resource for beginners or for kids wanting information on beekeeping for school projects etc. 
BeeAware is a hub of information for beekeepers and growers about honey bee biosecurity and pollination of agricultural and horticultural crops.
The site contains an extensive range of info about exotic and established pests and diseases of honey bees, and helps beekeepers to identify and respond to these pest threats.
Plant Health Australia is the national coordinator of the government-industry partnership for plant biosecurity in Australia.
The purpose of PHA is for government and industry to have a strong biosecurity partnership that minimises pest impacts on Australia, enhances market access and contributes to industry and community sustainability.
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From A Young Bee Fan 
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This article/link was sent to me  from Alyssa  via an email from her mum Brooke.    An excerpt from the email is below:

Alyssa has been learning about honeybees in class and last week she had the opportunity to go to a local honeybee farm on a class trip. She had a blast and absolutely loved it - I think I may even have a future beekeeper on my hands.:) She has a reflection paper due on Friday about the trip and what she's learned about honeybees. We started researching and found your page (about Pests & Diseases). It's been such a wonderful resource to her ...
When I told Alyssa I was going to email you to say thank you, she suggested I tell you about another article she found, "A Guide to Beekeeping"    She thought it could be a good addition to the other beekeeping resources on your page.  Hopefully you find it as useful as Alyssa has!

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Thanks so much Alyssa & Brooke. I am more than happy to include your excellent suggestion on our website. It made me go and look for some  ancient evidence of beekeeping which is how  I found a pic of the coin above.

We wish you the very best and know that the more you learn  about bees the more you will love them. 
​Best of luck from the South Gippsland Beekeepers.