Back in the neon jungle! Tokyo is one of my favourite cities, so much fun to be here.

A really fascinating study - might explain why the Parliament #bees seem to be so attracted to microphones! 🧪 theconversation.com/bees-of-many...

Wrapping up a few days in the field doing farm visits with my team at National EPA. One part had personal significance - in the early days of the EPBC Act I helped organise a referral to protect this patch of remnant Brigalow, an endangered ecological community. It is still there, 22 years later!

Emerald trying to be a shoulder parrot. Definitely taking the piss, but so cute 😍🤣

That was really fun - today I was a guest instructor at the grading day for one of the local martial arts clubs. They like to get guest instructors from other styles along to their gradings, which is such a great idea!

This is very cool - and a typical Aussie solution to use science, and spiders, to solve a biosecurity problem! 🧪🤣🐝 Also highlights the importance of basic research - it is the fundamental foundation to these innovations. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...

Day one of the new National Environment Protection Agency! share.google/0Gh3tWduy8nL...

What a way to start Sunday - hand feeding a male King Parrot - well this has made my week :)

The fire is on so these two immediately commandeered the couch to bask in the warmth #cats #dogs

A really beautiful bit of science that was shared by @drkyliesoanes.bsky.social on native #bee diversity urban areas. 🧪 pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/a-v...

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Tell me 5 random things you love (not people or pets) - the sound of rain on a tin roof - lightning bolts arcing through the clouds - the smell around a beehive as they make honey - visiting a new mountain stream - the feeling when a judo throw 'clicks' and you can do the movement effortlessly.

Interesting article on the growing failure of synthetic mitcides, and the potential replacement with RNA interference technology to save honeybees. #bees #varroa theconversation.com/australia-ha...

#wildflowerhour Australian Hakea warming up winter days and providing much wanted food for little New Holland honeyeaters

World Cup: Socceroos' great gamble pays off as Patrick Beach vindicates Tony Popovic's big call

Superb parrots bring me so much joy - perfection just chilling out eating weeds in a city soccer field 😍

Meant to be winter here in Australia, but the unseasonably warm conditions have my #bees acting like it is spring!

One of my pet hates is fishers who leave lures and like that entangles wildlife - like this Black Swan from tbis morning. This poor thing had its bill stuck shut with a fishing lure. Luckily I had a friend to hold the bird strady while I freed it - hopefully no major harm done. Pick up your gear!

We got our final bill from our old power company - you can see the instant the new solar + battery system started to kick in. Sitting here with the washing machine running, in a toasty warm house, all running on sunshine. Modern technology is the best!

The cool thing about #beekeeping is how much it connects you to the landscape. These are local street trees, and they are rapidly forming flower buds. When these blossom in spring (Sep-Nov here) it means a sudden influx of nectar, which will stimulate swarming unless I take action!

This dead male bee on the doorstep of one of the Parliament hives tells me something as a #beekeeper: The hive has finally accepted that winter is here, and have killed all the males to conserve energy as they hunker down with their honey.

We are already seeing a significant impact in my local area from Varroa mites - reinfection from collapsing hives is a huge problem. Help the #bees by planting nectar-rich flowers, and the #beekeepers by buying Austrlian honey! share.google/eeFpkZVjk7Bz...

Bitter-sweet visit today to one of my favourite trout streams when I was a teenager. Still beautiful, but horribly empty of life. Global heating has not been kind to this stream ☹️

We got a home battery system last year - absolutely fantastic. We electrified fully, cut the gas connection and leased an electric car. Has saved us hundreds of dollars already. share.google/YqlFIOtIgvxk...

One of my favourite Australian birds was happily feeding near my work over the past few days - a beautiful, and cheeky bird full of personality!

Definitely a strange autumn so far, still feels way too warm. Several trees Like this Red Ironbark and Argyle Apple are out in blossom months early - they clearly think it is spring as well.

Interesting history of beekeeping laws in medieval Ireland. Love how the recompense for someone being injured or killed by bees was the gift of a hive! theconversation.com/why-early-me...

Celebrating World Bee Day with the Canberra Region Beekeepers - this is Mark and Charlie (Parliament beekepers) with Professor Saul Cunningham, a research leader in native bees. A fascinating talk on how we should approach conservation of native #bees

Fantastic fun being on the Every Bite podcast with @greenj.bsky.social talking about #bees, varroa mite and the unique honey we produce at the Australian Parliament! For love or honey — Keeping bees in the age of varroa - ABC listen share.google/Clq9dl5reg6l...

Celebrating world #bee day early at the Canberra Farmers Market this morning. Loved doing honey tastings with samples from all over Australia and the world.

The Australian literally found a guy with a Porsche and a property portfolio to be the voice of the 'victims' of the budget

This is the perfect way to boycott - and if you haven't seen this episode, you should. Hilarious. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

So...for mothers day my partner bought her mum an assasins teapot. I never knew that such a thing existed, and I am now wondering what I have gotten myself mixed up in.

This article highlights the key reason that we have #WorldBeeDay coming up on 20 May - protection #bees and other pollinators is also about protecting ourselves. More than just 'nice to have' things like honey, bees are critical for food security. 🧪 theconversation.com/protecting-p...

Just over one week to go before World Bee Day, so it was time to put together some wildflower seed bombs! These are a fun and easy way to put some #bee friendly colour into your garden - I included the recipe in my book, and we will be handing these out at the Canberra Farmers Market on Saturday!

We are meant to be heading into winter, but it seems that nobody told the #bees - going after some Ironbark blossom that is out at the moment.

Silver in Judo veterans heavyweight today at a local competition. We actually had veterans matches!

Checking one of my favourite hives yesterday - the beautifully painted AZ #beehive at the Embassy of Slovenia. More than just an expression of culture, the painted panels help the #bees find home.

Last week we discovered that one of the Parliament hives had lost their queen. Luckily, the local #beekeeping club keeps a bank of emergency queens, so I was able to grab one and put her into the hive with a special travel cage.

Beautiful day - perfect for a club apiary day for Canberra Region Beekeepers! #bees #beekeeping

Great day on the #jujitsu mats grading for my Sandan (3rd degree black belt) in Japanese Jujitsu! These gradings focus not just on fighting ability, but also on your ability to teach, as well as contributing to a positive training environment. Of course, we still beat the shit out of each other 😀

These might not look like much, but these are a big problem for both #bees and #beekeepers! We have had our first detection of Varroa mites in the Australian Parliament apiary - we have caught this early, and immediately put in a mite treatment (thymol) to kill them.

Timeline cleanse - Emerald enjoying a personalised tongue bath thanks to our Bengal cat. #cats #dogs

Latest report on the Parliament #bees - this was really fun to film! www.facebook.com/share/v/1HZf...

Loving the sounds of the south coast forests 🥰

Happy Easter everyone!

Fur kids working on their takedowns and inversions #jujitsu

The most important point made in this report is how false information is now acting as a self-spreading contaminant in our digital spaces. We expect companies to clean up a contaminant in the real world, time to extend this to big tech! www.smh.com.au/environment/...

Every year Science Meets Parliament #SMP2026 brings together researchers, politicians, and media to share ideas - and the tour of the Parliament #bees is one of the hottest tickets! Loved talking to everyone about how #beekeeping starts conversations around landscapes, climate and food security!

Fantastic first day at #SMP2026! Met new friends and old and, while I won’t attend the beekeeping tour, I met one of @jagungal.bsky.social’s mates on the way in ;)