Tag Archives: American Foul Brood

Inspecting Hives and Sending Bees in the post?

Posted on January 11, 2012 by Gary Fawcett

It was time to inspect hives today in between painting bee hive boxes and dodging the ever-present rain in Auckland. Isn’t it meant to be summer here? These are some notes from the inspections today:- Taupaki 1 Hive is very … Continue reading →

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Visiting Peter and Ceracell

Posted on December 17, 2011 by Gary Fawcett

Today got up early and drove to Ceracell to pick up some much needed supplies, we needed some frames to put into our boxes we have made. We also needed to visit Peter in Rangiriri to pick up the NUC … Continue reading →

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AFB Check at Earthsong

Posted on November 19, 2011 by Gary Fawcett

Went 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 … Continue reading →

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Inspecting some AFB hives

Posted on October 3, 2010 by Gary Fawcett

Margaret was chatting to a commercial bee-keeper that other day at our local bee-keeping supplier and we were invited us up to his house to inspect some hives that had been confirmed as infected with American foul brood. We have … Continue reading →

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AFB Recognition and DECA Exam

Posted on September 18, 2010 by Gary Fawcett

Today myself and Margaret did the American Foul Brood Recognition course and Exam that the Auckland Bee Club arranged. Thanks Guys for arranging the course. The course was very interesting and we learnt a lot about recognising most of the … Continue reading →

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Goldie gets some Apistan strips treatment

Posted on May 16, 2010 by Gary Fawcett

Did the inspection of Goldie today, the weather was patchy today. So couldn’t get started until after two pm. Took a while to light the smoker as most of the wood is also damp. We needed to get the Apistan … Continue reading →

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