Having some Planking fun while Clearing up the stored Bee Hives

Posted on May 22, 2011 by Gary Fawcett

Well today was a clean-up the shed day and pack away the boxes and frames for another season. Also did some planking for a break :) , see Wikipedia’s Planking Entry if you are not sure what planking is.

We have placed the boxes associated with the hives all together and placed either plastic sheeting or cardboard between them. This just in case something tries to make the boxes home over winter.

I also placed the boxes that need work in one pile, these need frames or have boxes that need some work. We hope to create more hives next season, so we may need to buy some new frames

It was great day and it wasn’t long before the girls came around to check out what that familiar smell was, I was surprised that these boxes had anything in them as the bees had cleaned them out pretty well.

I managed to also get stung for the second time this weekend by a paper wasp, while I was clearing away some rubbish. I used to like these garden friendly wasps, but now I’m not so sure :) .

The boxes are now all cleaned up; now I need to clean up the workshop to start building bee hives again ready for next season.

See ya…Gary

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Gary enjoys designing new kiwimana products which we sell through our on-line shop. He is passionate about saving the Bees and encouraging urban beekeeping. Gary loves to write about issues that affect the Bees and our environment. He is also into tramping/walking in the beautiful New Zealand bush.

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2 Responses to Having some Planking fun while Clearing up the stored Bee Hives

  1. Graham says:
    May 23, 2011 at 11:51 am

    Just a comment Guys….

    I drop my supers, complete with cleaned out frames, or emergency spring food into an old chest freezer overnight. This takes care of any wax moth that might be about, and then stack them all in fresh plastic reduse bags and seal with parcel tape. Labeled appropriately as to contents, these stand in the shed until needed for next season. Hassle free and no worries about wax moth or robbing. Works for me!

    • Gary says:
      May 23, 2011 at 9:55 pm

      Thanks for the feedback Graham.

      Great idea a freezer would also be good for drone brood management when spring comes along. We must save our pennies and look at getting one…

      Are you bees all tucked up for winter? See ya…Gary

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