Tag Archives: “Franklin bee club”

Blue Gloves Make Great Elephant hands

Posted on January 19, 2013 by Gary Fawcett
Franklin Beekeepers Club Field Day

A story about how Blue Gloves can give you some nice looking Elephant hands and our visit to the Franklin Bee Club. If you are considering getting Blue Gloves for beekeeping then read this story. Continue reading →

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Picking up the Hawthorn swarm – Part 3 “Third time is the Charm”

Posted on November 13, 2011 by Gary Fawcett

I headed out to work on the Remuera swarm again, hopefully third time lucky. I spoke to Peter from the Franklin bee-club who suggested we take some old comb to attract them. Which I had done last time, but this … Continue reading →

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Franklin Bee Club Monthly Meeting Oct 2011

Posted on October 9, 2011 by Gary Fawcett

Hi Everyone, Today we travelled south to meet with our friends at the Franklin Bee Club for the monthly meeting.  The weather was stunning, no rain and no wind… fabulous There was a great turn out, with car park full … Continue reading →

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Minding your own Beeswax

Posted on September 2, 2011 by Gary Fawcett

A couple of months ago we heard about a process at the Franklin Bee Club to clean up dirty Beeswax from your solar wax extractor or direct from your capping’s bucket. We had some left over wax from last years … Continue reading →

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Frankly what a great bee club meeting – Franklin Bee Club

Posted on June 12, 2011 by Gary Fawcett

Today we went along to the Franklin bee club. We have been talking to Peter Smith from the club and he invited us along to the meeting. We both had a great time talking with all the bee-keepers that came … Continue reading →

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