Located in the Northern Rivers Region in NSW, this 760 ha / 260,000 tree macadamia farm is a massive new project, with Alyssa – botanist, recently joining the project as Technical Officer and is very enthusiastic about increasing pollination for the trees by implementing more pollinator resources and developing the native bee program.
The numbers on this farm are amazing as everything has to be supersized but still practical. Before Alyssa arrived on the farm a native bee hive project was in place but was under performing with multiple challenges including the bad weather we’ve experienced over the last year. Alyssa has done some great work focused around native bees including close monitoring of the colonies and even installing a 3 metre wide pollination strip… 2km long!