I think people should bee aware....
Bees are not something that aim to scare
A lot of people do not see
Bees add to our economy! (P.S Over $3 billion dollars)
They pollinate our local food
So why is their natural habitat being screwed?
Organic food is better for local bees
So will you take this change up please? (Do it now)
Don't bee worried about the sting!
Think about their life and jobs these creatures bring!
(P.S their also saving your life - don't forget that)

Honeybees are alien to Australia and have had significant impacts on the pollination of native species by displacing native pollinators.

Honeybees rob nectar and pollen from native flowers without pollinating them.

You beat me to it Agronomist.

My first thought was that honeybees are a feral species, & although probably good fro pollinating our feral food crops, have not done anything good for a lot of native flora, & even many exotics.

OK you got me!
So what do I do? Put in a hive to increase bee numbers or kill all bees. You tell me.

Dr Katja Hogendoorn - University of Adelaide had researched on developing native Blue Banded Bees for greenhouse tomato pollination. This was discontinued due to research funds running out.

She was finding that growers could pollinate crops with Australian native bees (known as Blue Branded Bees), instead of having to manually pollinate crops - as use imported bees had been banned within Australia by Government in 2008, on environmental grounds.

One example was tomatoes (pollinated by Blue Branded Bees) were coming out of a larger size (around 15-20% in tomato weight) and with better taste to the fruit - under some of the Doctor's work.

Other Australian native bees are being found to be good in terms of pollination of other fruits and vegetables in various parts of Australia. They may require suitable habitats to live and breed in, so they cannot escape from a greenhouse - or a better natural environment to pollinate - with no use of chemicals - or environmental destruction.

Finally, in terms of general pollination, people can develop "habitat gardens." These involve the planting of local native plants, flowers and tree species within your property, residential or rural to attract wildlife of any type - including bees.

http://bluebandedbees.com/ - shows images of the bees and you can see where the title comes from in terms of the blue element.

Better control of introduced bee species is vital and more research is needed. Christopher Pyne should get a bee-sting wanting to cut science funding.

"OK you got me!
So what do I do? Put in a hive to increase bee numbers or kill all bees. You tell me."

Grow fewer crops that depend on honeybees for pollination. That would reduce the demand for honeybees, reduce the number of honeybee hives in Australia and reduce the probability of more feral hives establishing.