A Weekend of Beekeeping Clubs In Auckland, the team at kiwimana head out to two Beekeeping clubs meetings.
Buzzy Bee visits the Auckland Bee Club Honey Show
Our thoughts about the Auckland Bee Clubs Annual Honey Show and field day. With Guest speaker Murray Reid and a visit from Buzzy Bee.
Vaporising at the Whangarei Bee Club
We went up to the Whangareri Bee Club today to do a presentation about the Robinson Vaporiser. This was the clubs first meeting in January and there was great turn out indeed…
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…
Auckland Bee Club Meetup – Swarming Season
We went along to the Auckland Bee Club to hear about Queens and the start of the swarming season in Auckland.
NZ Natural Beekeeping Conference 2013
This post is about the NZ Natural Beekeeping Conference that Gary spoke at over the weekend. This includes the full speech and slide show for people that didn’t make the event or for anyone that wants to relive the talk.
Auckland Bee Club Xmas BBQ 2012
Over the weekend we attended the Auckland Bee Club Xmas BBQ, I am no longer on the committee, so we went along just as members. Here is what we discovered on the day…
It’s nearly spring, do your bees have enough stores?
Your bees have come through winter and there has been days and sometimes weeks without good weather. The bees have very strong labour laws and do not collect nectar and pollen on cold or rainy days. But do you bees have enough food to make it until summer?
Learning at the Franklin Bee Club
We went along to the Franklin Bee Club, We had a great time and learned some great tips. Were you there?
Blue Gloves Make Great Elephant hands
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.
Beebuddies Meeting @ kiwimanaHQ #1
Yesterday we had our first “bee buddies” meeting at kiwimana HQ. It was a good day for it with no rain! ….Yay! Turn-out was less than expected, with 3 out of 8 expected arriving, each of our buddies arriving at separate times so we were able to talk with each of them.
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.