Check out the fascinating work that @febiologia.bsky.social is doing to protect forty-spotted pardalotes!! www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

Decided to use some of the home grown strawberries to make the waffles into a fancy breakfast for my partner. Delish!

Great day on the tools: Full apiary inspection ✅️ No varroa ✅️ 50kg of honey harvested, with more to come soon!

“Margaret Pomeranz lets loose in savage review of 2025's biggest TV shows | The Yearly” www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbqB...

Bringing in the new year rendering old brood combs into clean beeswax - using the waste from the previous rendering process (known as slum gum) as fuel.

Starting 2026 with a guerilla signing of my book in a local bookshop - never gets old!

Devastating news. A world-leading marine biologist. Lost way too soon. #ValeEmmaJohnston www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Our local #beekeepers are likely in for a tough few years: www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...

Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor and strangers today is tantamount to rejecting God himself. For @reuters.com

Thomas Keneally putting into words exactly how I feel. “Attacks such as these are designed to shut up debate; to drive one side to a rancour, & serve to make government more radical, while encouraging acts of radicalism from one’s own side so that the cauldron boils over, stoked from every side.”

Great piece highlighting how it isn't a choice between agriculture and environment - not only can we work with both, but we must. Accelerating the transfer of science to the paddock is becoming increasingly critical as we adapt to the changing climate 🧪 www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2...

Inspiring article featuring @drkyliesoanes.bsky.social. Small actions throughout urban environment really can help save threatened species www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Twas the week before Christmas... And all through the (Parliament) house... Not a creature was stirring... Except for the #beekeepers crushing out #honey 🤣🐝♥️

If you’re having trouble finding an appointment to donate blood, a donation in later weeks still matters. Blood from all over the country has been moved to Sydney to help the victims of Sunday’s horrendous terror attack against Bondi’s Jewish community - anything helps x

I think it's kind of beautiful that this was Rob Reiner's final line on television

the right attitude

If you want to do something practical after the horror of #Bondi can I recommend giving blood? Donor centre was full of folks rolling up their sleeves, amazing to see the response from the community!

Taking a break from the sickening tragedy to focus on the beauty for a moment. Rob Reiner achieved something so rare and coveted that artists and entertainers dream of and rarely achieve: cultural permanence. How many times have you made a reference to something going to 11? Shouted "Inconceivable"?

Harvesting some honey from the Australian Parliament apiary today - the @flowhive.bsky.social supers allow us to drain the honey straight into jars. These are used for VIP gifts and in the kitchens. Thanks #bees!

The beautiful AZ beehive at the Embasy of Slovenia in Canberra - showcasing a blend of art and science that the #bees love! The painted panels are both an expression of culture, and a way for bees to more easily find home.

Stunning footage from earlier today, when the new Kilauea eruption covered the USGS Webcam 3, which is situated in the Halemaʻumaʻu crater near the southern rim of the much larger Kilauea caldera. This *isn't* what the people of Pompeii saw. But it's not very far off.

Graced by the presence of the Gang-gang Gang once more. #birds

The hazards of trying to change couch covers when you have Bengal #cats

Spending some time with my orchard pollination hives - with some help from Emerald. Lovely to see the recently captured swarms powering along as we move into summer! Still varroa free, which is nice!

An important piece showing that we have known for a long time - more prescribed burns do not automatically make forests safer from #bushfire - a lesson that indigenous people learnt thousands of years ago 🧪 theconversation.com/in-1939-a-ro...

Almost inevitable that food prices will increase as the Varroa mite takes out the 'free' pollination services from feral honeybees. share.google/UCXGHIfpgmYC...

Fun day at the French Embassy for their 'Sounds of Summer' event - running honey tastings and showing people how to upgrade their gardens for native #bees.

I did a little bit of this, others did a lot, often working weekends/nights - satisfying to see this done! I worked on the original version of the #EPBC Act, now gearing up to help realise this new vision for our national environment laws - an exciting time! www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

When I started as a #beekeeper, I expected to be producing #honey and wax, but beauty products? Never. Life takes you in strange directions!

First harvest from my orchard pollination hives today. The #bees have done a brilliant job, lots of wildflower nectar coming in!

It's that time of year

Have seen this first-hand when travelling through Kenya and Ethiopia - every town had a 'solar shop' and mobile phones had leapfrogged landlines, with mobile credit a defacto currency. Very cool to see community innovation just take over! share.google/Hih4QsBTqwGS...

Drilling escapes from kesa gatame (scarf hold). That is me being an insufferable jerk to people who can't stop me from escaping 😂🤣

Some good news to start they day - EU bans on systemic pesticides already paying off. A great example of public policy backed by quality science. 🧪 France’s birds start to show signs of recovery after bee-harming pesticide ban www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Squizzy being extra cute and cuddly tonight. #cats

Bit of a pinch-me moment today, my book is number 1 best-seller in town planning! I wrote it to encourage a more bee-friendly approach to urban design, so really loving seeing it at the top of this list! #Booksky

How you know that you at a concert in Australia: Metallica is shredding the stage, but someone still has the cricket on so they can check scores 😂🤣🏏

Reminds me of when I was working on community consultation for a large wind farm, and one landowner (vehement opponent) was selling his place and insisted that he was going to sue for lost income. Property sold (for lots), and we never heard a peep from him! reneweconomy.com.au/wind-farms-l...

Really fun interview this morning for ABC Breakfast radio - talking about #bees, the importance of pollination and citizen science for Australian Pollinator Week! My segment starts at about 1:15:00 in. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

Best way to start Australian Pollinator week - teaching people how to care for #bees!

Happy to see the Parliament house beehives all absolutely cranking today! The #bees are feasting on a Red Box, Callistemon and White Clover blossom. @flowhive.bsky.social

Interesting research relevant to #beekeeping - viral infections can damage honeybee queen's reproductive organs enough to make the colony replace her. The colony runs as a democracy - the queen is not 'in charge' at all. 🧪 phys.org/news/2025-10...

It IS the most lucrative wildlife crime, and it ain't even close, folks.

The native stingless #bees returned to the Australian Parliament a few weeks ago, and have already found a good source of pollen judging by the yellow on their legs!

Old Parliament rose gardens are incredible right now - not just the colours, but also the beautiful perfume!

Nailed it. The crazy pointlessness of billionaires always amazes me. Every billionaire is a policy failure.

Fun fact: as a fresh recruit to the Dept of Environment in the late 90's, one of my first jobs was to procure a video of the exploding whale so that the Environment Minister could see it for himself. For the kids: this was in the olden days, where streaming video was yet to be invented.

The native stingless #bees have returned to Parliament House! After a tough couple of seasons, it is wonderful to have them back at our national Parliament, just as spring warms up!

Leading a team of excellent staff in a multinational comany during the GFC taught me one essential lesson: whatever their fine words in the good times, 95% of corporations care nothing for their staff, and will sacrifice them in a heartbeat.

Pretty sure that the author of this piece has been living under a rock, or an alternate universe where grid-scale and home battery systems are not being rolled out as fast as the installers can connect them: share.google/3JmmbXcDlwJI...