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What is a Decapping Knife?
In this article we discuss what is a decapping knife, and do you really need one to extract your bees honey?
Posted in Beekeeping Supplies, Beginning Beekeeper
Tagged beekeeper, crush and strain, decapping, decapping knife, honey, honey spinner, mites, wax layer
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Can the Robinson Vaporiser control your Varroa Mites – Part 2
In part 2 of the article we answer the question “Can vaporising Oxalic acid crystals with the Robinson Vaporiser control your Varroa Mites?” Continue reading
Posted in Beekeeping Supplies, Kiwimana News, Our Beehives
Tagged "pest", battery, disperses, dissolved, fog, foraging, fumes, kiwimana mesboard, mite, mites, Oxalic Acid, Oxalic acid crystals, phoretic mites, Robinson Vaporiser, vaporises, vapour, varporiser, varroa
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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
Posted in Our Beehives
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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Can the Robinson Vaporiser control your Varroa Mites – Part 1
We starting selling a new beekeeping product a couple of weeks back, “The Robinson Vaporiser”, we have conducted the following test to see if it works as designed. Here is our observations and how you use the vaporiser. Continue reading
Posted in Beekeeping Supplies, Kiwimana News, Swarms
Tagged "gloves", "susie", aggressive, baseboard, battery, bee, beekeeper, Beekeeper Protection, Bees, brood cells, crystals, first swarm, fumes, goggles, googles, greenbay, gunboots, ingestion, jim, joyce, Margaret, masks, Meshboard, mite, mites, organic, Oxalic Acid, Oxalic Acid Vaporiser, pc, resistant, respirator, Robinson Vaporiser, seal, specialised, swarm, swarm teaspoon, vaporised, vaporiser, vaporizer, Varroa Mites, ventilation
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Vaporizing Varroa Mites??? With a Oxalic Acid Vaporizer!!!
Well it was a nice spring morning, a little crispy but after last night’s thunder and lightning in Auckland – we were both happily surprised that the day was starting out so well.
…off we went…got in to the kiwimana mobile nick-named “The Beehive” …’cause it’s white and usually full of bees 
…then headed south ….to the Franklin Bee Club… Continue reading
Posted in Bee Club Meetings, Beekeeping Supplies
Tagged "Graham", 12 volt battery, Fat Bee Man, hive, kiwimana, mites, oxalic, Oxalic Acid, vaporiser, vaporizer, Vaporizing Varroa Mites
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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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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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Counting Mites with a Meshboard
An introduction on how on Counting Mites using a meshboard or a screened bottom board. Continue reading
Posted in Beekeeping Supplies, Beginning Beekeeper
Tagged "counting varroa mites", "kiwimana meshboards", "screened bottom boards", Counting Mites, hive, Meshboard, mites
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Working in the shop at the Auckland Bee Club
I went along to Auckland bee club today, and spent most of the time helping Sue in the shop. It was a very busy day and I enjoyed meeting and talking to everyone that came in. I managed to sneak … Continue reading
Posted in Bee Club Meetings, Beekeeping Supplies
Tagged "banned", "Donna", "groom", "insulators", "keen", "neonicotinoid", "recipe", "recycle", "sue", "susie", AFB, auckland, bee, Bees, Drone, hive, hives, honey, kiwimana, Meshboard, mites, NBA, pesticides, supers, tutin, 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
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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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