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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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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
The Kiwimana Buzz Beekeeping Podcast #11 – Swarms, Swarms and Swarms!!
The 11th Kiwimana Buzz Podcast from the Team at kiwimana, hear what we have been up to. This month we talk about Swarms, IPM and five reasons to learn about beekeeping. Continue reading
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
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Tagged "cable", "deck", "Glen Eden", "gloves", "Mary", "sealed", "slippery", "wasteland", "workshop", aggressive, Bees, hive, kiwimana, swarm, swarms
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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
Auckland bee club and a self cleaning bee hive?
Went along to the Auckland bee club today with Rocky. It seemed the turn out was lower, perhaps due to the Rugby world cup. Today we discussed swarms and how to catch them and signs to look for in your … Continue reading
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