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A Tale of Three Swarms
Well guys its swarming season season here in New Zealand, we have had a few days of summer weather and the bees have made good use of it. We attended three swarms in the Auckland Region. Continue reading
A tale of three stings – A funny swarm story
A funny and embarrassing story about a bee swarm we rescued last season. We hope you find this story funny. Continue reading
Posted in Bee Jokes or Fun, Kiwimana News, Our Beehives, Swarms
Tagged Bees, funny swarm story, stings, swarm
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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
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Save the Bees – Stop the Fee – UPDATE 2
Phone CallWe got a phone call from Auckland Council’s rep Nigel King – Customer Services Manager this morning (this was in no doubt as a result of an email sent by Margaret first thing, asking why we haven’t received any … Continue reading
Posted in Bee Industry News
Tagged "hearings", Auckland Council, bee, Bees, kiwimana, long term plan, ltp, Margaret, Nigel King, penalties, swarm
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Save the bee, stop the fee!!!
Photo’s courtesy of Kevin Krejci We went to along to a meeting set up by the Auckland Bee Club on Monday to discuss the $190 (annual) consent fee to keep Bees, proposed within the Auckland Council long-term draft plan. The … Continue reading
Posted in Bee Industry News
Tagged "bylaw", "bylaws", "harmonisation", "harmonising", "hearings", "historically", "insanity", "legacy", "leighton Smith", "len Brown", "mandate", "mayor", "poultry", "Rodney", "supercity", "urban", "vigilant", "waitemata", acre, auckland, Auckland Council, bee, beehive, beekeeper, beekeepers, Beekeeping, Bees, Christopher Dempsey, hives, honey, kiwimana, swarm
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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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The tale of the Pool Side Bees
Day One Got a call from Mary in Glen Eden, a swarm of bees had taken up residence on the side of her pool house. It was into the Kiwimana mobile after work, with a spare hive that I had … Continue reading
Posted in Our Beehives, Swarms
Tagged "cable", "deck", "Glen Eden", "gloves", "Mary", "sealed", "slippery", "wasteland", "workshop", aggressive, Bees, hive, kiwimana, swarm, swarms
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Franklin Bee Club and Tana Umaga?
We got up late today after a late night at an engagement party last night congrats to Ben and Lorelle. Anyway we stopped off at a cafe on the way and who should we run into but Tana Umaga the … Continue reading
Posted in Bee Club Meetings
Tagged "engagement party", "england", "Graham", "hopefully", "installed", "lorelle", "photo", "rugby", "sharon", "Tana Umaga", "workshop", bee, Bees, Cafe, hive, kiwimana, new zealand, NUC, Peter, swarm
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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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Catching a large swarm in Glen Eden!!!
We got an email from Aaron this morning about a swarm in Glen Eden, that had landed in his front garden. When we got there we had to say “wow” it was the biggest swarm I have every seen. A … Continue reading
Posted in Our Beehives, Swarms
Tagged "cardboard box", "chat", "email", "Glen Eden", "huge", "Kiwimana HQ", "photos", "swarming", "wow", Aaron, bee, Bees, hive, swarm
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