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A cosy time with the Franklin Bee Club

Posted on August 14, 2011 by Gary Fawcett

Today the weather in Auckland wasn’t the best, we did hear there was a cold storm coming from the south. We travelled down to Franklin to attend the monthly bee club meeting. A heavy shower hit the site when we … Continue reading →

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Feeding and Final Sugar Shake

Posted on March 13, 2011 by Gary Fawcett

Honey 1 Sugar Shake Today was the day to do the final sugar shake of Honey 1. We purchased a coffee grinder from the local hardware store. This helped us produce our own icing sugar without the cornflour that is … Continue reading →

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Honey 1 Varroa Count

Posted on December 5, 2010 by Gary Fawcett

Quick Varroa Count to see if we need to treat. Tray placed 4 Dec 2010 08:15 (0 mites) Tray Checked 5 Dec 2010 08:15 (8 mites) =8/24 (Hours) = 0.33 per hour Yahoo , Very low we think removing the … Continue reading →

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Remove Apistan from Honey 1 and Bought a Queen for Mokoroa

Posted on November 20, 2010 by Gary Fawcett

Busy day in the Bee Gardens today, here is what we did broken down by hive name. Honey 1 We removed the Apistan Strips from Honey 1, it’s been seven weeks now. The Bees have expanded quite a lot, so … Continue reading →

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Honey 1 and Queen rearing take 2

Posted on October 23, 2010 by Gary Fawcett

The weather in New Zealand is Great today, so it was time to check Honey 1 for any issues. Happy to report that no AFB (American foul brood) was located. Did spot one case of Sac Brood. And spotted many … Continue reading →

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Battle against Varroa

Posted on October 2, 2010 by Gary Fawcett

We put in some Apistan strips in Honey 1 today. We are going to look into using the sugar shake method over summer, but the mite count is high enough that we did need to treat them. Not keen on … Continue reading →

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Removing the Apistan Strips

Posted on July 4, 2010 by Gary Fawcett

Well its week seven and we planned to removed the Apistan strips this week, the plan was if this weekend was bad weather (which to be honest in this Auckland Winter that’s most weekends), we would remove them next weekend. … 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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