“Meet Australian Native Stingless Bees” showcases Tetragonula carbonaria and highlights their surprising hive warfare behavior.
The video introduces Australian native stingless bees, specifically the species Tetragonula carbonaria. These bees are known for their gentle nature—they don’t sting—but the footage reveals a dramatic twist: when one hive attempts to invade another, it triggers an intense territorial battle. Despite their lack of stingers, these bees engage in aggressive defense tactics, swarming and grappling in large numbers to protect their colony.
Here’s what’s covered:
Species featured: Tetragonula carbonaria, a stingless bee native to Australia.
Behavioral focus: Hive defense and inter-hive aggression, described as “all-out war” when one colony attacks another.
Visuals: Close-up footage of bees clustering and clashing at hive entrances, illustrating their coordinated defense.
Tone: Educational with a hint of drama, emphasizing that “stingless” doesn’t mean passive.
I’m sure some of you will know straight away what’s been attacking my Bok Choy, but since this is the first time growing this wonderful vegetable I was caught by surprise.
Meet the Cabbage White Butterfly. Beautiful but ravenous!
On the next planting of Bok Choy – I’ll be ready for it and take some precautions. I think some netting is in order, and maybe even some sacrificial plants to give them something to have as well.
I made this coffin shaped garden bed with up-cycled pallet timber in late August 2025. If you would like to see plans or more step by step detail on how to make it, leave a comment on the video or here on the blog.
Showing off my first 5 macadamia trees which I’ll be keeping in very large pots while I’m living in an urban area. Once I move to some bigger land I’ll plant them in the ground.
This is a continuation from the last video on my growing and propagating Cos Lettuce project.
This is what the lettuce looks like 3 months on from planting in my up-cycled pallet wood garden bed.
Some of them have already started to bolt and I have left it too long to harvest them. I’ll use this an experimental bed to show the full life cycle. From seed to plant to seed again.
