Urban Hum

23/04/2025

Here at Urban Hum, we have always had a love and passion for bees, beekeeping, and the people that keep them. Just like life, in recent years, beekeeping has been a journey full of highs and lows. For many of you, just like us, we lost our bees in the tough but necessary attempt to rid ourselves of Varroa. Sadly, the attempt failed, and many of us were left bereft and unsure how to carry on. It was some time before we dived back into beekeeping—but we did. We have two hives at home, and we are learning to live with Varroa. Our bees are coming into their second winter and are looking good as we work to get our mite loads low.

Keeping bees with Varroa in Australia is a steep learning curve for everyone. If you have one hive or a thousand, you will make mistakes, you might lose colonies, but you will learn. We will figure out this new reality together because Aussie beekeepers are tough and creative.

Before Kelly Lees embarks on her Churchill Fellowship adventure, join us to celebrate her invaluable contributions to native pollinator education and sustainable honey production.
Saturday 26th April
✨ 2pm – Citizen science & community weeding
✨ 3pm – Varroa deep-dive + open Q&A with Kelly

🎟️ Book your free spot: https://shorturl.at/5SMri

16/04/2025

🌿🐝 We're Back—for a Very Special Event! 🐝🌿

Urban Hum may have closed after our hives were eradicated, but our love for bees—and the beekeeping community—still runs deep. 💛

We’re opening up the Urban Hum Tiny Forest for a special gathering with our co-founder Kelly Lees, who’s about to embark on a Winston Churchill Trust - AU Fellowship to explore how beekeepers around the world are managing Varroa and other emerging threats.

This is your chance to reconnect, share your experiences, and help shape what Kelly focuses on during her trip. We’ve now got two beautiful hives in our family, and we know many of you are finding your own path in this new era of beekeeping. Let’s navigate it together.

🐝 Beekeepers Q&A: Living with Varroa – A Conversation with Kelly Lees
📍 Urban Hum Tiny Forest (address on booking)
🗓️ Saturday 26 April 3pm
🕑 Arrive at 2pm for citizen science & weeding!
🎟️ Book here: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/beekeepers-qa-living-with-varroa-a-conversation-with-kelly-lees-tickets-1329138331529?aff=oddtdtcreator

05/09/2024

Getting ready for the New Lambton Heights Infants P & C community planting day for pollinators on Sunday 🌱😞

18/04/2024

Would you like to come and check out the Tiny Forest? This Sunday we have a weeding morning tea session. 👇 book below so I know how many brownies to bake😉

Can't see the tiny forest for the trees! 🌳🌳🌳

This is Kelly from Urban Hum in the tiny forest on her property that's now 6 months old.

We're getting together for a Monitoring and Maintenance Session this Sunday and we'd love some more volunteers.

There'll be weeding, mulching and some fun citizen science stuff to measure the impact the tiny forest is having.

Here's the link to find out more and book your spot for Sunday:
https://events.humanitix.com/urban-hum-monitoring-and-maintenance-session

01/04/2024

This Saturday Morning you can come this the Tiny Forest and see the amazing growth. We would love get a hand to measure the growth, mulch some pathways and eat some yummy honey cake! Bookings in the original post.

Please join us for a monitoring and maintenance session at Urban Hum Tiny Forest