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All abuzz about new Bush Blitz Australian Native bee hotel

March 1, 2016April 5, 2016 Bush Blitz

Canberra is all abuzz about the latest hotel recently opened, this is a hotel with a difference, offering accommodation to a new kind of guest and it’s only a short flight from the CBD. It’s not the usual hotel you will see in Canberra, it’s an enhanced habitat for native bees. Department of the Environment […]

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