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Bee Buzz Box November 2020 The History of Two-Queen Hives Part IV – The two-queen consolidated brood nest hive

19/10/2020 Alan Wade 0

Alan Wade In Part III of this series we described various iterations of the Farrar-system of two-queen hives, piggybacked single-queen colonies. Each brood chamber had its own entrance and honey supers. Early in the season […]

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Bee Buzz Box October 2020 A History of Two-Queen Hives Part III – Commercial two-queen hive operations

13/10/2020 Alan Wade 0

Alan Wade Many advances in the operation of two-queen hives were made in the post war years including those made by Holzberleini(1953-1955), Millerii (1953), Latif and coworkersiii (1955-1960), and Haydak and Dietziv (1967). Commercial two-queen […]

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Canberra Region Beekeepers Beekeeping Scholarships 2020 – Round 2

11/10/2020 Michael Peoples 0

Are you between the ages of 16 to 24? Passionate about conservation? Want to learn how to be a beekeeper? On offer:• Free two-day course on Beekeeping for Beginners course and beekeeper’s suit.• One annual […]

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