Have your bees got Deformed Wing Virus, Margaret discusses what she has done to reduce this in your hives using OAV.
Category: Beginning Beekeeper
Articles and stories aimed at Beginning Beekeepers, if you are just started our check these out first.
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
The Story Behind the Last Beginners Kit of 2016
Urban Beekeeping is alive and well in Auckland City, New Zealand! The Story Behind the Last Beginners Kit of 2016
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.
Robbing Screen – How to and Why – Wasp and Robbing Honey Bees – AFB?
A robbing-screen is a screen which can be placed in the front of the honey beehive entrance – Its purpose is to help save your colonies from Robbing Bees and Wasps !
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.
Beginner Beekeeper…Water Bees
Beginner Beekeeper shares first season experiences, and challenges faced with the local High Tides.
Beekeeping in Greece
News from the Bee World in Greece from our listeners Lorin & John.