Is it OK to feed bees, during the splitting process. Margaret responds to a question from Dan.
Category: Beginning Beekeeper
Articles and stories aimed at Beginning Beekeepers, if you are just started our check these out first.
How to Kill Bees
Here are some handy tips for the new beekeeper to help you kill your Bees and Beehive Honey Bee colony
Exotic Visitor – Beehive and Bees Checks
Alastair, who is a designated inspector for Ministry for Primary Industries attended the site with Margaret to check our bees for Exotic diseases. What did you find?
What are the 3 basics to start beekeeping? Part 1 – Essential Beekeeping Equipment
Have you ever wondered what you need to start Beekeeping? Here is the Essential Beekeeping Equipment to get started in Beekeeping.
Creating a Water Source for Bees
Here is an update to a story we did back in 2009. The original wooden stand had rotted away, so it was time to give the water feeder a refresh and provide our bees with a water source.
Sick Bees Varroa problem – Remedial action for Deformed Wing Virus using OAV
Have your bees got Deformed Wing Virus, Margaret discusses what she has done to reduce this in your hives using OAV.
What are the 3 basics to start Beekeeping? Part 2 – 5 Essential Beehive Components
What are the essential pieces of hive ware that make up a modern Langstroth beehive? Read Margaret’s great article on the five Essential Beehive Components you need to get started.
Getting your Bees Ready for Winter – Spring-Inspection
Getting your Bees Ready for Winter – How one of our Beginners got they bees through the wet winter
10 Mistakes New Beekeepers Make
The art of beekeeping can be very exciting, but if you are a beginning beekeeper, you are most likely going to make some mistakes. Of course, no beekeeper will intentionally want anything to go wrong, but it happens. This article to contains ten major mistakes a new beekeeper makes.
What are the 3 basics to start beekeeping? Part 3 – 6 Essential Pieces of Info About Beekeeping
What are the basics to start Beekeeping. Margaret talks about the 6 Essential Pieces of Information About Beekeeping that will help you be successful.
How to do a Sugar Shake Mite Count – Video
In this video we show you How to do a Sugar Shake Mite Count, using a sugar shake jar and icing or powdered sugar. Monitoring your Varroa mites levels is very important to ensure you know if things are getting out of hand in your colonies and if you need to take some form of action or treatment.
Beginner Beekeeper – Greece Spring and Summer 2016
An update from Lorin and John in Greece about their Beginner Beekeeping adventures. We compare what has been happening during Spring and Summer in Greece.