Appendix B - Questionnaire
The following is a
questionnaire for a Customer Service Centre to use in capturing the required
information from the public (DAFF 2013c):
Are you familiar with what the common European honey bee and the small, black stingless bee look like?
Do you think the bees you saw are either of these?
Are the bees near a port?
What is the name of the port?
How big are the bees?
Did you see an individual bee, or a number of bees, foraging (e.g. feeding on flowers)?
Did you see a swarm of bees (e.g. a dense cluster of bees all on top of each other)?
What is the address of where you saw the swarm?
How long has the swarm been there?
How large is the swarm (e.g. size of a soccer ball, tennis ball)?
How high off the ground is the swarm?
Are the bees entering and exiting a cavity (e.g. house wall/letterbox)?
Have they recently arrived or have they been there for some time?
Can you see any sign of a nest (e.g. something that looks like honeycomb)?
Where is the nest located?
Is there potential for the bees to spread (e.g. by vehicle or vessel)?
Are the bees at your address/property?
What type of property are the bees at (e.g. residential, commercial, industrial)?
Where or how did you find out about the pest bees (e.g. from a factsheet, newspaper, website)?
Are you familiar with what the common European honey bee and the small, black stingless bee look like?
Do you think the bees you saw are either of these?
Are the bees near a port?
What is the name of the port?
How big are the bees?
Did you see an individual bee, or a number of bees, foraging (e.g. feeding on flowers)?
Did you see a swarm of bees (e.g. a dense cluster of bees all on top of each other)?
What is the address of where you saw the swarm?
How long has the swarm been there?
How large is the swarm (e.g. size of a soccer ball, tennis ball)?
How high off the ground is the swarm?
Are the bees entering and exiting a cavity (e.g. house wall/letterbox)?
Have they recently arrived or have they been there for some time?
Can you see any sign of a nest (e.g. something that looks like honeycomb)?
Where is the nest located?
Is there potential for the bees to spread (e.g. by vehicle or vessel)?
Are the bees at your address/property?
What type of property are the bees at (e.g. residential, commercial, industrial)?
Where or how did you find out about the pest bees (e.g. from a factsheet, newspaper, website)?