We are launching a new podcast today, we see this as another way to talk to you guys. We hope you enjoy the show and it would be great to hear your feedback. But what is a Podcast? A Podcast is similar to a radio show, but it is distributed via the Internet and not [...]
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Misconceptions at the Waitemata Home and Garden show
5 May 2012I went along to the Waitemata Home and Garden show today to help out on the Auckland Bee Club stand. I was joined by Andrew and Anahera, we had a great day with some laughs along the way. Andrew really should write a book with some of his stories . It was interesting to talk [...]
Music – TOM LARK – All Night Long
27 April 2012We were in a music store today picking up some equipment for a future project. Got talking to the guy that works in the shop who is in the band “Tom Lark”. He mentioned they latest video was kind of bee keeping related, check out the video quite cool and a pretty good song.
NBA Meeting – Waitemata Honey
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We will be selling Mite Away Quick Strips
5 April 2012We are happy to announce that we will be selling the NOD Mite Away Quick Strips. MiteAway Quick strips are a formic Acid based miticide which is reported to leave no residues in the hive. The strips were invented by Bee Keepers in Canada to help the fight against the mites. Kiwimana realises that some [...]
March Wintering Down
13 March 2012Kiwimana Strategy Meeting for Wintering down the apiary. We identified some key areas to consider…. Apiary Weather Treatments Feeding Bee Keeping Practices We used our previous experiences of Bee losses and also looked at some of our Bee keeping practices to help us look for ideas for going forward. APIARY: Our Bee season started around [...]
Tutin and Treasure Hunting on Auckland Anniversary Weekend
30 January 2012We 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 [...]
Foundation 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 [...]
