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WELCOME

  • The Melbourne Beekeepers Club provides fellowship and beekeeping support to beekeepers in urban and rural areas
  • We deliver beekeeping education, encourage best beekeeping practice and emphasise biosecurity.
  • Club membership gives you access to all our meetings, events and training, recordings from our Zoom meetings and beekeeping resources.
  • Membership is only available to persons 18 years of age and over.
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MEMBER EVENTS

Interactive Beekeeping Zoom Forums:

  • Saturdays  (10:30am to12:00 pm AEDT/ AEDT)
  • For Australian and International; members
  • 10th May and 9th August  Forums have now occurred.
  • Recordings of selected presentations are available to members on the Club's YouTube channel.
  • Next Forums are on 4th September, 4th October and 8th November.

Upcoming In-Person Events:

  • Hive inspections at University of Melbourne (Parkvile and Southbank Campuses) and at Monash University
    • Invitations emailed to members

Immediate Past In-Person Events:

  • Wednesday 20th August  (6:45 to 9:20pm) at a Community Hotel
    • "Learning how to evaluate your own honey" by Honey Sommelier, Jess  Locarnini
    • Tasting of 2025 Competition honey entries
    • MBC Annual General Meeting. See About page for 2025-26 committee.
  • University of Melbourne Open Day Sunday 17th August 
    • See Posts on our Instagram and Facebook pages)
  • Wednesday 21st May  (6:45 to 9:15pm) at a Community Hotel
    • "Preparing for and Dealing with Varroa" by Ashton Edgley, Senior Victorian Varroa Development Officer
    • 2024-25 Honey Competition (see Members section for winners)

Upcoming Zoom Evening Meeting:

  •  Tuesday 16th September (7:30 to 9:00 pm AEST)
    • ”Australian Manuka Honey Project” by Asmaa Boufridi Uni of Sunshine Coast
    • “Using eDNA to Detect and Investigate Varroa” by John Roberts, CSIRO

Immediate Past Zoom Evening Meetings:

  •  Tuesday 15th July (7:30 to 9:00 pm AEST)
    • "A wake-up Call from a Red Dwarf"- The detection of deformed wing virus in a recent incursion of dwarf Asian honey bee in Western Australia". Presented by JP Scheerlinck
    • "So many bees, So many mites". Includes Tropilaelaps Mite. Presented by Frewoini Baume, 2022 Global Footprints (Agriculture) Scholarship holder.
  • Tuesday 17th June (7:30 to 9:00 pm AEST)
    • "History of Varroa Treatments in New Zealand" by Frank Lindsay, Wellington Beekeepers Association
    • "Use of Varroa Treatments by Recreational Beekeepers" by Debbie Rodda, Yackandandah Beekeepers Club
    • YouTube videos of both presentations  available now on the Club's YouTube channel.
  • Tuesday 15th April 
    • "Chemical Residues in Honey" by Dennis Webber Senior Scientist (Chemistry), Chemical Residue Laboratory, Biosecurity Queensland  Department of Primary Industries.
      • "Do bees count from left to right?" by Jung-Chun (Zaza) Kuo, formerly from the University of Melbourne.
      • This event has already occurred and  its presentations are available  on the Club's YouTube channel.


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