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A Day of Inspections
It was a great day, maybe the best of days. So I headed to the organic farm that we have now have hives on. To inspect some of our bee hives… Continue reading
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Tagged "german wasp", ants, bee, Bees, brood, hive, hive merge, hives, lottery, magic, mites, organic, Robinson Vaporiser, swarms, “Deformed Wing Virus”
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The Franklin Bee Club and the Kiwimana Meshboard
We went along to the Franklin Bee Clubs Meeting, today’s discussions were about varroa mites, Gary did a presentation about our Kiwimana Meshboards. We discussed the benefits and how you count mites with them. Continue reading
Posted in Bee Club Meetings
Tagged "franklin", "sharon", bee, Bees, brood, Cafe, donated, dribbled, fogger, fogging, greg, hive, hives, invaders, jackets, joan, kiwimana, les, linseed, Mark Goodwin, Meshboard, meshboards, michelle taylor, mite, mites, motorway, Oxalic Acid, Peter, reducers, syrup, varroa, wasps
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Inspecting two hives – Swanson and Glen Eden 2
The weather was good and the temperature was 22 degrees today, so I decided to inspect a couple of our hives. Days in which inspections can be done are becoming fewer and fewer, as New Zealand heads into winter. Here … Continue reading
Posted in Our Beehives
Tagged "feed", "Glen Eden", "Swanson", brood, bustling, hive, hives, honey, lava, Margaret, merge, new zealand
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We will be selling Mite Away Quick Strips
We 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 … Continue reading
Posted in Beekeeping Supplies, Kiwimana News
Tagged "biodegradable", "biopesticide", "canada", "contamination", "Formic Acid", "gel", "height", "ingredient", "maqs", "Mite Away Quick Strips", "miteaway", "miticide", "nettles", "nod", "Randy oliver", "residues", "rim", "venom", "videos", "web", American Bee Journal, announce, bee, Beekeeping, brood, cells, Drone, hive, honey, kiwimana, mite, mites, new zealand, supers, varroa
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Foundationless frames no good for brood frames
We have been experimenting with foundationless 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 … Continue reading
Posted in Beekeeping Supplies, Kiwimana News
Tagged "crazy comb", Bees, brood, cells, Drone, drones, honey, kiwimana, nectar, plastic", supers, varroa
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Inspecting Hives and Sending Bees in the post?
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
Posted in Our Beehives
Tagged "crazy comb", Adult Bee Testing, American Foul Brood, Asure Quality, auckland, bee, Bees, box, brood, couried, Drone, drones, hive, hives, honey, kiwimana, mites, swarm, taupaki, varroa
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Our Varroa mite plan this season
This was a question posted in by one of our readers, Sophie asks:- How can a New Zealand beekeeper keep their bees alive every year? Well this is a good question, over recent times bee-keepers are having trouble keeping bees … Continue reading
Posted in Beekeeping Supplies, Kiwimana News, Questions from Readers
Tagged "breeding", "elevated", "sunnier", Api life var, apiary, beekeeper, beekeepers, Bees, brood, Drone, Drone Brood Management, Early Spring, hive, hives, honey, kiwimana, Meshboard, mites, Oxalic Acid, plan, supers
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Rainy Day at the Franklin Bee Club
Well it was a wet day in Auckland, and we were surprised the meeting was still on. But we were told by the Hive Manager “Peter” that weather forecast predicated clear skies until Lunch time. So it was off down to Franklin to attend the club day. Continue reading
Posted in Bee Club Meetings
Tagged "chat", "chatting", "forecast", "franklin", "Karaka", "Pukekohe", auckland, Beekeeping, Bees, brood, Cafe, hive, honey, Peter, ”spilt"
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AFB Check at Earthsong
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
Posted in Kiwimana News
Tagged "cell", "certified", "conny", "earthsong", "eco", AFB, American Foul Brood, auckland, beekeeper, beekeepers, Bees, brood, DECA, Drone, drones, hive, hives, mites, new zealand, swarm, varroa, ”Ranui"
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Treating our new Hives with Apilife
In between collecting swarms we checked on our new hives today and treated them with “Apilife Var” the organic mite treatment, the mites counts have been low but we have been told that treating a hive with low brood is … Continue reading
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