Honey bees Data and AI Research project Size and Scope of the Honey Bee and Pollination Industry - An Updated Snapshot The Size and Scope of the Australian Honey Bee and Pollination Industry report (Clarke and Le Feuvre, February 2021) provided a … Funded by AgriFutures Australia Project date 28 Jul 2023 - 15 May 2024 Research organisation AgEconPlus Pty Ltd
Honey bees Research project Value of Pollination in the Australian Economy There have been a number of previous studies that have examined the value of honey bee pollination to the Australian … Funded by AgriFutures Australia Project date 27 Jul 2023 - 16 May 2024 Research organisation Gillespie Economics
Honey bees Research project Resilient beekeeping in the face of Varroa The honeybee industry contributes $264 million to the Australian economy in hive products, and $14.2 billion in pollination services to at least 35 … Funded by AgriFutures Australia Project date 12 Jan 2023 - 15 Mar 2024 Research organisation The University of Sydney (USYD)
Honey bees Research project Impact to Biosecurity with Reduced Access to Public Lands This project will deliver a risk assessment on honey bee biosecurity on public lands including the development of an understanding … Funded by AgriFutures Australia Project date 29 Nov 2022 - 29 Jun 2023 Research organisation AgEconPlus Pty Ltd
Multiple industries Honey bees Other rural industries Research project Support commercial beekeepers in trialling the use of technologies to capture, analyse and share data (including provenance and traceability) and to determine the value of that data to their businesse The project will introduce the group to various technologies and these systems will assist the capturing of in-field data, sharing … Funded by AgriFutures Australia Project date 14 May 2022 - 29 Apr 2024 Research organisation Meridian Agriculture Pty Ltd
Multiple industries Aquaculture Beef cattle Cereal grains Cotton Cross industry Dairy Eggs Forestry Fruits Game Honey bees Nuts Oilseeds Other rural industries Pasture, fodder & feed Pork Poultry Pulse grains Sheep & lamb Sugar Vegetables Wild catch fisheries Wine Wool Data and AI Research project A common approach to sector-level GHG accounting for Australian agriculture This project is focused on developing a common framework for greenhouse gas accounting of Australian agricultural activities at the sector level. Funded by Agricultural Innovation Australia (AIA) Project date 18 Nov 2021 - 31 Mar 2023 Research organisation Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
Multiple industries Alternative protein Aquaculture Beef cattle Beverage Cereal grains Cotton Cross industry Dairy Eggs Essential oils Forestry Fruits Game Honey bees Natural capital assets Nuts Oilseeds Other rural industries Packaged food Pasture, fodder & feed Pork Poultry Pulse grains Sheep & lamb Sugar Vegetables Wild catch fisheries Wine Wool Multiple technology areas Data and AI Traceability Research project OzAg Data exchange The Australian AgriFood Data Exchange has a vision to create an interconnected data highway for Australia’s AgriFood value chain.… Funded by Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) Project date 30 Jun 2021 - 30 Jun 2022 Research organisation KPMG Australia
Honey bees Consumer health Research project New opportunities for the production of premium and medicinal honey This investment will review a range of annual and perennial legumes suitable for use by the honeybee industry across southern … Funded by AgriFutures Australia Project date 24 Jun 2020 - 15 Jun 2021 Research organisation The University of Western Australia (UWA)
Honey bees Animal technology Research project Scoping a Communication Strategy for Raising Awareness of Honey Bees This project seeks to create a communications plan that assist industry in raising awareness of the importance of bees for; … Funded by AgriFutures Australia Project date 1 Jun 2020 - 31 Aug 2020 Research organisation Australian Honey Bee Industry Council
Honey bees Novel ingredients Research project Optimising bioactive content of Australian stingless bee honey Trehalulose is a functional food ingredient with several patents in place particularly for blood glucose control. Trehalulose occurs naturally in … Funded by AgriFutures Australia Project date 1 Jun 2020 - 30 May 2021 Research organisation The University of Queensland (UQ)
Honey bees Research project Size and Scope of the Australian Honey Bee and Pollination Industry Snapshot The objective of the project is to provide a detailed statistical analysis of the size and scope of the Australian … Funded by AgriFutures Australia Project date 15 May 2020 - 14 Oct 2020 Research organisation AgEconPlus Pty Ltd
Honey bees Plant science Research project Review of PRJ-010702 - ManukaLife Project This project aims to enhance the production of high grade Australian Manuka honey through selection of species and hybrids within … Funded by AgriFutures Australia Project date 19 Sep 2019 - 30 Oct 2019 Research organisation Edward Murray Spicer
Honey bees Animal technology Research project A Mid-Term Review of Investment in the Securing Pollination RnD4P Project This is a mid-term evaluation and review of the Securing Pollination RnD4P project that assesses: (i) performance against the … Funded by AgriFutures Australia Project date 11 Aug 2019 - 15 Nov 2019 Research organisation Agtrans Research
Honey bees Processing & packaging Research project Review of chemistry associated with honey testing A literature review will be undertaken to investigate analytical methods to determine adulteration and quality of Australian honey samples. This … Funded by AgriFutures Australia Project date 4 Mar 2019 - 7 Jun 2019 Research organisation The Crown in right of the State of NSW acting through the Department of Primary Industries
Honey bees Animal technology Research project Improving the health of hives used in pollination The project will investigate the effects of three commonly used fungicide active ingredients during flowering of almond and canola on … Funded by AgriFutures Australia Project date 24 Jul 2018 - 16 Jul 2020 Research organisation The University of Adelaide (UA)
Honey bees Animal technology Research project Probiotic development for bees: analyzing gut bacteria in healthy bees This investment will establish the commercial feasibility of developing probiotic feeds for bees based on native bee gut bacteria. Bees … Funded by AgriFutures Australia Project date 13 Jul 2018 - 30 Jan 2021 Research organisation University of Canberra
Honey bees Novel ingredients Research project Market and Production Potential for Australian Produced Propolis Propolis is a resinous mixture that honey bees produce from saliva, beeswax and the exude of tree buds, sap flows … Funded by AgriFutures Australia Project date 9 Jul 2018 - 31 May 2019 Research organisation AgEconPlus Pty Ltd
Honey bees Animal technology Research project Investigating factors that influence chalkbrood outbreaks in Australia Nosema (N. apis and N. ceranae) and chalkbrood (Ascosphaera apis) are significant honeybee pathogens that reduce hive productivity and cause … Funded by AgriFutures Australia Project date 6 Jul 2018 - 30 Jan 2021 Research organisation Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
Honey bees Consumer health Research project Increasing the value of Australian honey as a health food Gut microbes are recognised as playing a crucial role in health and disease and manipulating the balance of gut microbes … Funded by AgriFutures Australia Project date 1 Jul 2018 - 3 Apr 2022 Research organisation University of Technology Sydney (UTS)
Honey bees Plant science Research project UOA - Secure Pollination for more productive agriculture (RnD4Profit-15-02-035) Quantification of pollinator impacts on crop yields that assists adoption of pollinator services by growers including the establishment of vegetation … Funded by AgriFutures Australia Project date 1 Feb 2017 - 4 Feb 2021 Research organisation The University of Adelaide (UA)