We decided to go away for Auckland anniversary weekend. So while I was out and out in the Coromandel bush pursuing another one of my hobbies (Locating treasure with a GPS device or Geocaching). I had heard that Tutin in honey is more of a problem in the Coromandel Peninsular. I managed to find quite [...]
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Tutin and Treasure Hunting on Auckland Anniversary Weekend
30 January 2012Foundation less frames no good for brood frames
28 January 2012We have been experimenting with foundation less frames and getting the bees to create their own foundation. The problem with doing this on brood frames is that the bees tend to create more drone comb and we would rather their build this in our drone management frames. So we can keep varroa numbers lower. Drone [...]
Our Varroa mite plan this season
10 January 2012This was a question posted in by one of our readers, Sophie asks:- How can a New Zealand bee-keeper keep their bees alive every year? Well this is a good question, over recent times bee-keepers are having trouble keeping bees alive. Due to Varroa mites and pesticides in the environment. Last year our plan failed [...]
AFB Check at Earthsong
19 November 2011Went along to check on a hive at the Earthsong, which is an Eco-Neighbourhood project based in Ranui in West Auckland. For more information about this project please check out their web site http://www.earthsong.org.nz It seemed like a great place indeed very peaceful with loads of gardens about. Conny had asked us to come and [...]
Kiwimana hosts UK Visitor – Meeting Caroline
18 November 2011Tonight we had a great time with some fellow beekeepers, myself and some local beekeepers met up with Caroline who is visiting from England. Caroline got in touch via our blog a few months back, it was great to finally meet her in person and talk about her adventures and travels. Great to see that [...]
Moving bees in the dead of night
30 October 2011Well a busy night moving bees around West Auckland. We picked up our swarm lure, which was overflowing with a swarm . We wanted to move this colony within our own property, but as this was less than 2 miles away, we employed the 2 feet or 2 mile rule (Even if New Zealand uses [...]
Auckland Bee Club and New Bees
29 October 2011Today I went along to the Mid Month Auckland Bee Club meeting, the discussion was based on swarms, which was run by Dennis a very experienced bee-keeper. These mid monthly meetings are more about getting together with like-minded people, that also love bees. On my way home I went around to Franks house to check [...]
Visiting the Honey Centre Warkworth
24 October 2011It was a public holiday in New Zealand today, which was a good thing as most of the country is probably nursing a hangover after last nights amazing Rugby world cup victory against France. We headed north to visit Mum and Dad. On our way we visited “The Honey Centre” www.honeycentre.co.nz near Warkworth. The Honey [...]
Beekeeping Email List?
13 September 2011Hi, I have a question for you dear readers? Would you find an email list useful to discuss bee-keeping questions? You would subscribe to the list and either get emails as they arrive or a daily journal of the days messages. You could reply to the list and everyone would see the message? I thought [...]
Get your resource’s here…Please
2 September 2011Hi all, We have added a resource page to our website. Here you will find resources that we find useful in our beekeeping education. The page is on the top right of the page or you can find it by clicking HERE. These resources are available from Amazon and we get a small percent of [...]
