Simple tips to improve your bee photography Take it back to the hive! Try editing your shots and shoot RAW if you have the storage. The species in the feature photo is Tetragonula clypearis and I love this photo because they’re tiny. They are in fact one of Australia’s smallest stingless bees. They are 3.5mm… Continue reading Five Tips for Un-bee-lievable Photos- Tip Five
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Five Tips for Un-bee-lievable Photos – Tip Four
Simple tips to improve your bee photography Tip Four – Bee-yond Auto It’s great having a phone in your pocket everywhere you go and most of the time pointing your phone and shooting is enough to get a good shot UNLESS it’s a tiny, fast moving subject. If that’s the case a DSLR makes things… Continue reading Five Tips for Un-bee-lievable Photos – Tip Four
Five Tips for Un-bee-lievable Photos – Tip Three
Simple Tips to improve your Bee Photography Tip Three- Set up a Sting-less Operation I often get asked how I manage to capture bees in flight. Well, it links back to frequency – I’m out there a lot! Obviously light comes into it but there’s another tactic I employ and that has to do with… Continue reading Five Tips for Un-bee-lievable Photos – Tip Three
Five Tips for Un-bee-lievable Photos – Tip One
Simple tips to improve your bee photography Recently I was asked to give a presentation about bee photography for the Australian Native Bee Association branches in Brisbane and on the Cassowary Coast. Here’s the blog version – follow to make sure you get all five tips! Rather watch or listen than read? Watch on YouTube… Continue reading Five Tips for Un-bee-lievable Photos – Tip One
Black Bean: Plant Profile
Nutritious seeds not recommended for consumption! Australian Bush Tucker Bites presents Black Bean Tree (Castanospermum australe). It’s a sad fact of Australia’s history that much of the culture of First Nations people has been lost due to government policies that separated people from their land and families. While it is known that many First Nations… Continue reading Black Bean: Plant Profile
Beer from the Bush: Wedge Leaf Hop Bush
Beer from the bush in Australia! Australian Bush Tucker Bites presents Wedge Leaf Hop Bush (Dodonaea viscosa). Before traditional brewing made its way to Australian shores, colonists brewed beer from the fruits of this bush. Of course, for thousands of years before that it had been used by First Nations people. Primarily a medicinal plant… Continue reading Beer from the Bush: Wedge Leaf Hop Bush
The Propagating Hack that Changed my Life
Water-wise and cheap to set up, propagating by cutting has become easier than it ever was before! As we prepared to move house, I found myself dismayed by the number of rare or difficult-to-get plants that were in the ground. I wanted to take them with me! The answer? Propagation by cuttings! This sounds like a… Continue reading The Propagating Hack that Changed my Life
An Introduction to Australian Bush Tucker
NEW eBook with 52 easy to read bush food profiles I’ve just published my first eBook! It’s a collection of profiles with information like alternative names, growing conditions, history, cultural uses and edible uses. You can find it on Etsy or by clicking here you will receive a 10% discount until January 22, 2023! Here’s… Continue reading An Introduction to Australian Bush Tucker
Native Ginger or Alpinia caerulea
Plant Profile Also known as: Growing Conditions: Propagation Uses This plant is a wonderful way to find buzz-pollinating bees in your garden. It delivered my first Teddy Bear Bee sighting and numerous Blue-banded Bee sightings. It is a classic understorey plant from subtropical and tropical rainforests and can therefore be used in shady places in… Continue reading Native Ginger or Alpinia caerulea
A True Wildflower of the Tamborine Bush – Slender Hyacinth Orchid
Dipodium variegatum The Slender Hyacinth Orchid is truly a wildflower. Orchid enthusiasts have tried to cultivate it, but have been unsuccessful due to its unique growing conditions. Dipodium variegatum is leafless and the only part of it that appears above ground is the stalk and flower. It is a saprophyte meaning that it is not… Continue reading A True Wildflower of the Tamborine Bush – Slender Hyacinth Orchid
Jane Grows Garden Rooms 