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Managing Bushland On The Farm, Penny Hussey
Managing Bushland On The Farm, Penny Hussey
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
Since the time of European settlement in Western Australia, the replacement of native vegetation with crops and pastures has led to problems for both agricultural production and nature conservation. The most obvious of these are hydrological changes leading to salinisation and waterlogging, and the extinction of some native plants and animals.
Protection of remaining remnants of native bushland, together with revegetation, is increasingly seen as important ways of achieving sustainable agriculture and maintaining our unique wildlife.
Honey Production In Western Australia, Rob Manning
Honey Production In Western Australia, Rob Manning
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
the first ever survey of the potential production and value of apiary products from the south-west of Western Australia has shown beekeepers are collecting only 10 per cent of the potential honey crop.
The biggeest losses in honey production are caused by the enviroment, such as protracted drought, and extreme temperatures, heavy rain and cyclones during flowering. Fire, apiary sites leased but not used, and logging of forests also reduce the availability of apiary sites for honey production.