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...]
Feeding and fighting
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 Bees,
I gave the bees the last of the Apifonda paste that I purchased earlier this year. Most of the bees have taken it, except for my C hive which still … [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...]
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 … [Read more...]
BEES ARE BACK IN MY BEEHIVES, HURRAY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am so chuffed. As of Monday the 11th of May I have bees. I actually have 3 hives of bees. It started with two hives, we went to a family … [Read more...]
Chasing rainbows,
Well that is how I feel now, I feel like I have been chasing rainbows with my bees this year. What is more frustrating I finally felt like I have … [Read more...]
Between a rock and a hard place
That is how I felt a few weeks ago because of what I ended up with. It started with a Quenless hive,took me a while to realize this, in the end I … [Read more...]
Autumn is here,
Had a very fresh start to the morning, woke up and it was 5 degrees, very cold wind blew for most of the day the bees took their time getting out and … [Read more...]
October/November
The weather has changed and changed again in such a short period of time. Nature never ceases to amaze me. Beautiful and yet so unforgiving. Last … [Read more...]