Australian native bees with Dr Kit Prendergast - bee scientist

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This video contains loads of fascinating facts about Australian bees in an information packed interview with the delightful Dr Kit Prendergast.
Find the answers to all your native bee questions such as:
Do they sting?
Do they make honey?
How and when did they evolve?
How many species are there?
What is their lifestyle?
How do they differ from honey bees?
What's a bee hotel and how do I make one?
How can I help native bees?
Dr Kit generously shares her bountiful and ever growing knowledge of native bees in this highly educational and humorous interview.
Contact Dr Kit, purchase her merch and find out more about bees via the below links:
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www.teepublic.com/user/bee-ba...
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NOTE: Crickets can be heard in the background of this video and every effort has been made to reduce the noise without impacting (too much) on the rest of the audio.
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[@kristybee9957]

Whoooo new video!!!! Love it thanks Kaz!!

[@MoreliaAustralia]

So much good info and you have encouraged me to plant more native plants and make more bee hotels.

[@LifeintheBush]

Fantastic, I’m so happy to hear that, more than you know 🙏🏼😁. That is one of the best outcomes I can hope for from my videos 💚😁. I hope you get a lot of joy from your native garden and bee hotels 😊😊

[@peterbernhardt4429]

Excellent-and thank you the footage of native bees identified to species. Viewers need to be reminded that NO male bee has a father but they all had grandfathers (my Biology majors had trouble with that one).

[@LifeintheBush]

Thank you Peter. The native bee images were compliments of Dr Kit :).

[@jimgreenwood5360]

I find Buddleia and Perennial Basil are great bee plants. Always covered with native bees and honey bees. My 9 diy drilled log insect hotels on a 2 level metal pot stand are under the Buddleia and next to the Perennial Basil with a small raised garden bed overfilled with a mix of clay, sand, mud 1:1:1 for digging insects. A small dish is filled with resin from eucs and it appears as resin sealed holes in the hotels. The resin needs topping up several times during the active months. Very busy with native wasps and bees, great to watch. Love the drama of the Cuckoo Wasps sneaking into holes and being chased out.

[@LifeintheBush]

Wow, that’s wonderful to hear, your garden sounds like a great place to relax and bee entertained. It sounds like you’ve put a lot of thought and effort into it and the insects are loving it 😃. I love hearing this, thank you for sharing 😊

[@jimgreenwood5360]

@@LifeintheBush I am in a rural bush area surrounded by eucalyptus, melaleucas, wattles etc. Good bee habitat.

[@LifeintheBush]

@@jimgreenwood5360 how lovely to be surrounded by natural bushland 😀

[@stevelynch1]

Dr Kit. I watched you on gardening Australia about your bee's, that black & white colour bee's you showed. Well I live in Burnie Tasmania do they generally migrate too the area I live?.. 3 weeks ago I had one in my carport.

[@LifeintheBush]

Hi Steve, thanks for watching and commenting on my video. Dr Kit has a facebook group where you could post your question - facebook.com/groups/buzzonwildbees

[@kayleesamakovidis8377]

Amazing video Karen! Loved it

[@LifeintheBush]

Thanks Kaylee :)

[@jimgreenwood5360]

You can get grafted dwarf flowering gums which are small. Suitable for small yards. They flower profusely. I have 1 called Flame and it is covered in bright flowers now with lots of bee activity.

[@LifeintheBush]

That is a great idea for people with small yards as the gums are so beneficial, thanks for sharing this tip Jim 😀

[@jimgreenwood5360]

@@LifeintheBush Mine is about 10 years old and about 4 meters tall. Bought it in flower and it has flowered every year. Lots of insects day and night.

[@LifeintheBush]

@@jimgreenwood5360 and I bet lots of birds are attracted to the insects too 😀

[@jimgreenwood5360]

@@LifeintheBush I have seen possums and sugar gliders at night and wattlebirds and lorikeets in daylight.

[@juliedulaney]

Where can I buy the book?

[@LifeintheBush]

Hi Julie, you can email Kit to request a copy of the book - also available as an e-book :). I will make a note of that in the description for others. :)

[@wonderfulnature7125]

Great video😃👍🐝

[@LifeintheBush]

Thank you, I'm so glad you liked it :)

[@TrueCanoe]

Australians are so cool

[@LifeintheBush]

I agree :)