Apiary
Maxi Apiary Requeening
Spring requeening October 31 @ 11:00 am – 5:00 pm Swarm cells at margin of brood nest 12 November 2016 – well time to requeen Maxi Apiary Requeening Wed 31 October 2018 Category: Heavy Lifters working party […]
Year: 2018
Apiary
Dreaming of Queening
Supersedure cells on comb face 2 November 2016 (offset – central comb area) – a good case to requeen To requeen or not In my long experience of running honey bee colonies, I’ve finally twigged […]
Apiary
Mini Apiary Requeening
Mini Apiary Requeening Wed 17 October 2018 Category: Heavy Lifters working party Marked queens are easier to find and their loss is a signal that supersedure has likely taken place […]
Mead
Mead Making
Here is the presentation from the Canberra Brewers Club on Mead Making. Mead – and the art of making it
Apiary
Heavy Lifters Winter Apiary Bash and BBQ
What we’ll be doing As bees don’t sleep, I guess there is no reason to entirely forget club bees: no rest for the wicked. Time to unpack the gear back from Steritech to check that […]
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Never Say Die Apiary Heavy Lifters Workshop – Sunday 29 April 11-3 at Jerrabomberra Wetlands
Thought that the Heavy Lifters social ‘Closedown Session’ at the club’s Jerrabomberra Wetlands Apiary on Sunday the 7th of April would be the last for this honey of all seasons? Wrong! Bees always surprise and […]
Apiary
Bee Buzz Box May 2018 -Warming to Swarming
Should you prevent swarming? While many natural beekeepers advocate allowing bees to swarm, and there is perhaps some merit in allowing them to do so [see Tom Seeley’s Darwinian Beekeeping Seeley-2017-Darwinian-Beekeeping-An-Evolutionary-Approach-to-Apiculture], there is a very a […]
Public
World Bee Day
World Bee Day has been officially recognised by the United Nations (UN), in a resolution to focus our attention on the importance of preserving honey bees and other pollinators and recognise the importance of bees for […]
Apiary
Honey bee colony disease inspection guide and support services
Honey Bee Disease One Stop Shop – updated 13.12.2018 The Beekeepers Association of the ACT and Region has created a guide for inspecting honey bee colonies. It includes comprehensive reading material from the likes of the […]
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Colony Reporting Sheet
Here is the sheet we use during hive inspections at the club Jerrabomberra Wetlands Apiary. It is really only ever useful when you are doing a full hive check for colony condition and disease status. […]