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Ligurian Bee Sancturary - SA

Ligurian Bee Sancturary

Tourist Attraction

Position

DEG: -35.755451 137.929398

DMS: 35º 45' 19.62" S 137º 55' 45.83" E

UTM: 53 H 6039217mN 764869mE

Altitude: 110m

Place Type

Recreation - Tourist Attraction

Location

110.07kms SouthWest of Adelaide - Driving 134 km (2 hours 53 mins)
667.92kms West of Melbourne - Driving 827 km (10 hours 38 mins)

Address & Contact

Blue Gums Road

Phone: N/A

Email: N/A

Web: N/A

Information

Kangaroo Island boasts the last pure colonies of the Italian Ligurian Bee that were imported to Kangaroo Island in 1881. For the full history, the following link has the full details.

http://www.island-beehive.com.au/history-of-ligurian-bees.php

PlaceID	107708

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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts

Closest Climatic Station

Cape Willoughby

Distance from Ligurian Bee Sancturary 20.72km SE

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	21.6	21.8	20.8	19.1	16.9	14.9	14.2	14.5	15.9	17.6	19.1	20.6
Mean Min. °C	15.8	16.4	15.6	14.2	12.5	10.8	9.8	9.6	10.3	11.4	13.0	14.4
Mean Rain mm	18.3	18.0	21.5	39.5	61.6	75.2	81.5	73.9	56.2	41.9	28.3	23.0

Ligurian Bee Sancturary - SA