In The Media

The University of Western Australia’s latest media release highlights the achievements of PhD student Omar Anwar who was recently one of the winners of the inaugural AgriFutures BeeTech Challenge. “Omar’s smart hive solution Apis PrimeTM, which was developed in collaboration with CRC (Cooperative Research Centre) for Honeybee Products, uses a unique set of sensors to collect …

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Congratulations to Omar Anwar for being one of the three winners at the inaugural Australian Bee Tech Challenge! “Launched in April 2022, the pitch-style competition invited Australian startups and entrepreneurs to present ready-for-market products specifically designed to meet the needs of the honey bee and pollination industry in the key areas of hive health, biosecurity, hive safety, …

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The recent honeypot ant honey study by Cornelia Locher, Md Khairul Islam, Ivan Lawag, Tomislav Sostaric, and Professor Lee Yong Lim has been highlighted in a UWA media release! Honey derived from bees has been extensively analysed around the world, yet very few studies have been conducted on the unusual insect honey produced by Western …

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Professor Sharon Purchase, project leader for the CRC’s Chain of Custody research project, was recently featured in a UWA Research Impact article. Trust your honey “Head of Marketing Department, Professor Sharon Purchase, from the UWA Business School leads Research Program 4, Chain of Custody, as well as a several projects within the Program. She and her team were introduced …

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ABC News’ Erin Cooper has released a new article about Tasmanian Leatherwood that highlight’s the CRC’s work on producing a national honey library. “With this database, we’re really building up a catalogue to check against so we get a good understanding of what is normal,” she says. “In the end, we really want that when you …

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