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Here at the Wheen Bee Foundation, we’ve got your Christmas shopping sorted.

Entomologist and photographer Dr James Dorey has combined a love of two fields of work to produce stunning images of insects with both scientific and artistic value.

As a teacher and someone who is passionate about food systems, Amelia Bourke is determined that today’s young students learn about their local food systems, systems that are vital to their future.

The Wheen Bee Foundation’s Impact Report for the 2023 financial year is out now. The report outlines the Wheen Bee Foundation’s major programs, events and achievements, highlighting the tangible impact on bees and other pollinators.

The Gold Coast Regional Beekeepers Association is busy organising its new native beehive fostering project, providing native beehives, complete with a queen and about 10,000 bees, available to residents, community groups, schools and businesses to foster on their own property.

Melbourne Polytechnic is now offering the nationally accredited, one-year part-time Certificate III in Beekeeping AHC31818.

The Wheen Bee Foundation Bee Ambassador Network brings together volunteer bee advocates to share their passion and talent to help create a better world for bees.

A new limited edition poster featuring some of Australia’s most remarkable native bees has been produced to bring attention to the diversity of Australia’s native bees

Classrooms across Australia will be abuzz with bee learnings, thanks to a new online education hub dedicated to inspiring children to understand the vital role bees and other insects play in the environment and food production.

Creating essential habitat havens for bees and other pollinators has just become a whole lot easier thanks to a new range of planting guides developed by the Wheen Bee Foundation.

Crowds were bee crazy at the recent Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show, thanks to the Wheen Bee Foundation’s immersive, interactive display.

Work continues on the bid for a Pollination Security Cooperative Research Centre (CRC).

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The inaugural Australian Pollinator Count will be held during Australian Pollinator Week this month, and community members across the country are being encouraged to take

Sean-Paul Smith became a Wheen Bee Foundation Ambassador after hearing CEO Fiona Chambers speak about the organisation’s work promoting bees and pollination.

The Green Carpenter Bee has an uncertain future on Kangaroo Island due to the devastating bushfires of 2020.

Bee Friendly Farming’s popular tree grants are now open, with farmers across the country being supported to join the pledge to plant 100,000 trees for bees.

When Wheen Bee Foundation founding director Linton Briggs AO was running the North Eastern Apiarists’ Association in the early 1960s he invited some of the

The Wheen Bee Foundation has launched a video tribute and an ongoing Fund to honour Linton Briggs AM who passed away on 28 April 2020.

Wayfinder in Western Australia’s Margaret River wine region has wider ambitions than simply creating a delicious drop in a bottle. Theirs is a long-term vision to integrate habitat conservation, environmental restoration, and organic certification for their vineyard and farm.