I have 3 hives now, my little hive fought on and on, I made a mistake of putting syrup onto the frame and then opening it to give them some water with … [Read more...]
Feeding = Robbing
I am starting to think that this is going to be the case every time I feed my bees. Firstly once I started feeding I reduced the entrances, on the … [Read more...]
Feeding, inspections, …
On the 7th of April I mixed up syrup and got ready to feed, just prior to two days of rain, except with that came colder temperatures so it took them … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]
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 I only had 2 kg of … [Read more...]
4th Hive !
Yesterday afternoon, while I was sorting out the lawn edges I stopped to listen to the bees. They seemed to be pretty loud and a lot of them in the … [Read more...]
October, ….
Bees had been fed, tidied up, treated with HiveClean and left to their own devices. I decided to feed as otherwise I might have lost them. I have made … [Read more...]
Sugar dusting 3
I was a couple of days late with the sugar dusting. Had bad weather and strong winds. Bees seem all right, had some more attacks on their stores but … [Read more...]
29th July, 2012
We had an amazing thunderstorm last night, the weather has been a bit hot and humid so it was no surprise. I have noticed that the bees do a lot of … [Read more...]