A new Bee Garden
I have been considering building a bee bed with "bee" plants for our girls and of course all the other insects and all those thoughts have come to fruition. I…
The bees,
are doing really well, we have had some really nice sunny days with frosty nights. On days such as these the bees are slower to come out, but once they…
Stores up to date 15/09/15
Hive A received 10 kg sugar syrup Hive B received 9 kg sugar syrup Hive C received 7 kg sugar syrup Hive D received 10 kg sugar syrup Hive E…
Feeding had to stop
I had to stop feeding since the 27th of August, noticed I had robbers coming for my syrup destined for my girls. Once I noticed they were getting robbed, which…
Feeding so far
Started feeding on the 21st of August 2015, I made a 2:1.3 mix, 2 kg of sugar to 1.3 ml of water. I usually feed a 3:2 mix but as…
Feeding time
After about 2-3 weeks of really hot weather, above 30 - 38 degrees Celsius nearly every day, and about 20 degrees during the night have come to an abrupt end…
10 stings later,
The bees have been acting quite protectively around the hive, the smell of honey is pretty overpowering so I am guessing for a very good reason they are acting the…
Photos from today’s inspection
Well after what seems like many days of rain and unsettled weather today we woke up to brilliant blue sky and sunshine, not that it stayed for the whole day…
Sun, Rain, Hail, Storms, …
We have just about had it all in the last two weeks, in between beekeeping we have been chopping wood for winter, making hay, generally keeping the garden in order.…
5th hive!
Well, I would not have believed it if somebody told me 12 days ago that I would have 5 hives with bees in them in our garden. No way, but…