About our speakers
Steve Maginnity, Australian Native Bee Company
Steve has been into native bees since 2008. Steve studied Agricultural Science and did a Graduate Diploma in Education in order to become an Agriculture teacher and taught agriculture and science for over a decade. His interest in native bees started whilst attending a European bee keeping course. He had intended on getting two hives for the school where he was teaching, to use as an educational tool, however, due to the risk of students suffering anaphylaxis from bee stings he couldn’t bring European honey bees on the school grounds. He then did as much research as he could on native bees and the more he learnt the more he fell in love with native bees. His interest and passion for native bees continues to grow. He now runs the Australian Native Bee Company where he sells hives, offers a pollination service and provides educational talks to schools and community groups up and down the East Coast of Australia.