Tasks in the apiary for September
We’re coming to the end of the season but there are still things to do in the apiary. Varroa treatments should be well underway and we should be taking precautions […]
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Bumblebees and solitary bees
This week’s training is a video from Simon Silvester about bumblebees and solitary bees. Both these type of bees are the unsung heros of pollenation. A lot of beekeepers give
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Bee’s wax- what it is and what to do with it.
This week’s online training concerned bees wax. Wax is one of the several products of the hive that can be put to good use by beekeepers. This week’s training outlines
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Honey and its extraction 10-07-2020 – online training
Last Friday (10/7/2020) we had another online session. This time it was about honey and extracting honey, after all it is the time of year where extracting honey is at
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An attempt at queen rearing 5
Just to round up what has happened with the attempt at queen rearing for this season. Well, it had mixed results. My aim was to produce enough queens to have
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