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Beekeeping Courses South Australia
WANGARY WEEKEND - August 2012
welcome expressions of interest email lorraine@gilbertbeekeeping.com.au
WEA- Angus St. - Adelaide -:
‘Beekeeping for Beginners’ in conjunction with WEA -Workers Education Association in Adelaide.
2012 Beginners course dates - March/May / August /October
For further details visit the WEA website
http://www.wea-sa.com.au
(browse the ‘Natures World’ section.)
223 Angas Street
Adelaide, South Australia, 5000
Phone: (08) 8223 1272
Fax: (08) 8232 3690
Keeping Bees In South Australia
All persons keeping bees in South Australia
are required by law to be registered.
(NB - The law applies even if you are only keeping one hive )
Code of Conduct document is available from PIRSA which outlines all requirements for keeping bees in South Australia.
Apiary Registration Form 2011/2012 is available online - (use search engine on the PIRSA website.) www.pir.sa.gov.au
For further information contact:
The Department of Primary Industry and Resources
Pirsa Animal Health Apiary Unit
33 Flemington St.
Glenside-SA
(08) 82077900
(08) 82077902
Notifiable Bee - Disease/ Agents
Acariasis tracheal mite (Acarapsis woodi)
American foulbrood (Paenibacillus larvae)
European foulbrood (Melissococcus pluten)
Small hive beetle (Aethina tumida)
Tropilaelaps mite (Tropilaelaps clareae)
Varroasis (Varroa destructor)
Varroasis (Varroa jacobsoni)
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
AHBIC
Australian Honey Bee Industry Council
www.honeybee.org.au
( click on education to view downloadable work books for national beekeeping competencies )
RIRDC
Rural Industries Research & Development Corporation
www.rirdc.gov.au
SA-HISP- 2006-2010
South Australian Honey Industry Strategic Plan
www.safoodcentre.com.au -
search = "South Australian Honey Industry Strategic Plan "
SAAA
South Australian Apiarist Association
www.saaa.org.au
BSSA
Beekeepers Society of South Australia
www.bees.org.au
Biosecurity
www.farmbiosecurity.com.au
Food Safe SA - food safety and labelling
http://www.health.sa.gov.au/pehs/food-index.htm
Internet Videos
Canadian Agriculture Museum Virtual Exhibition "Bees a honey of an idea "
www.agriculture.technomuses.ca/english/bees/default.php
ABC TV Landline - "Mite & Power" - Australian Almond pollenation
www.abc.net.au/landline type mite and power into the search engine in the archived section
Insect Anatomy - Apis Mellifera
www.rothamsted.bbsrc.ac.uk/pie/DeBug/Anatomy.html
ABC TV. btn - Behind The News - Back Yard Bees - Archives - episode 20- 2010
www.abc.net.au/btn/index.html
University of Florida small hive beetle series
http://entnemdept.ifas.ufl.edu/afbee/resources/SmallHiveBeetle.shtml
University of Florida - bee disease videos series
DR JAMIE ELLIS - guest speaker at the 2011 South Australian Apiarist Association Conference
http://www.extension.org/pages/25099/university-of-florida-bee-disease-videos
Science online series - life cycle of the honey bee
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSk_ev1eZec
Text Resources
ABK
Australasian Beekeeper Magazine
www.theabk.com
"THE BEE BOOK - Beekeeping In Australia " - 2005
Queensland Dept. Primary Industries & Fisheries
Peter Warhurst & Roger Goebel - ISBN 0 7345 0330 X
Order through your local book store or
contact 'Palmers" Honeybee Australis http://honeybee.com.au/
"BEE AGSKILLS -A Practical Guide to Farm Skills "2007
NSW Dept. Primary Industries - www.tocal.com
Jennifer Laffan - ISBN 0 7313 0603 1
" EUCALYPTUS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA " - 1997
Dean Nicolle - ISBN 0 646 32743 7
Honey/ Section Honey Comb
The language used to describe Honey and Honey Section Comb is the same as wine and perfume. Honey has a combination of aroma and flavours all of its own.
| Top note: |
The taste of the initial burst of flavour as the liquid gold first connects with your taste buds – honey can vary from crisp and sharp to extremely mellow. |
| Mid note: |
That rounded taste as the honey mingles with saliva and your taste buds trigger the brain to search for recognition of the floral source of the honey and words to describe the flavor comparison. |
| Base note: |
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| The lingering taste sensation after the ingestion of the honey |
South Australia produces some of Australia’s premium honey and is well known particularly for its Blue Gum, Pink Gum, Cup Gum, Box and Mallee varieties.
Honey flavours will vary from season to season depending on floral nectar yielding cycles, climate and regions from which the floral sources are accessed. This includes native flora, fruit and exotic plants as well as domestic and commercial crop sources.
Just as South Australia is known by its wine growing regions it is also becoming increasingly recognised for its honey producing regions amongst honey consumers internationally.
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