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Bees in September 2017

10/09/2017 By Maria

I started feeding on the 22 of August with 1 1/2l of the inverted syrup I purchased a year ago. I rung the chap from the shop where I got it from to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Beekeeping, Uncategorized Tagged With: Bee Vital, Bees, Feed, Hive Clean, Inverted syrup, Mike, Robber screen, Robbers, sirup, stores, Super, Varroa

Bees update

09/07/2017 By Maria

I added a super to my bees on Thursday the 6th of July I had a quick look at them and decided they were getting quite full in their little home, I had … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Beekeeping Tagged With: Bees, stores

Warm and sunny, ..

14/05/2017 By Maria

it arrived, the fields are sooo green, well except for the yellow dandeloins and the purple orchids, etc, but the grass has decided to grow, we had … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Beekeeping, Projects Tagged With: hive, Queen, stores, Warm

Bees out and about

09/03/2017 By Maria

was warm over the last couple of days, with a bit of sunshine here and there, a few bees have been seen outside, cleaning up, resting on the hive … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Beekeeping Tagged With: Bees, hive, stores

3d of October and 2 hives

03/10/2016 By Maria

Checked the hives on Saturday, we had a nice sunny day, a litte bit of wind and a two days before the weather was due to change. Well they were right … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Beekeeping Tagged With: hive, honey, inverted sugar, stores

Bees

17/07/2016 By Maria

I did an inspection on the 5th of this month, my biggest surprise was hive E, I honestly thought that would be doing really well until I opened it … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Beekeeping Tagged With: stores, supers, varoa. hive

Emergency feed!!!!

08/03/2016 By Maria

Last night after feeding the sheep I went to look at the beehives, Hive B, a small colony of bees from last year had lots of dead bees in the entrance … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Beekeeping Tagged With: Bee Strong, Bee Vital, sheep, stores

Last planned interruption in the bee hive

08/11/2015 By Maria

I have been looking at two of my hives that I left with two supers on, by taking off the lid and watching where they are clustering. I have been a bit … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Beekeeping Tagged With: hive, Queen, stores, supers

Stores up to date 15/09/15

15/09/2015 By Maria

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...]

Filed Under: Beekeeping Tagged With: BeeStrong, Feeding, flowers, guards, Optimal hives, stores

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