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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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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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 […]
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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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Apiary Autumn Closedown Saturday 7 April 2018
Hello Heavy Lifters In retrospect With an exceptional season at an end and shortening days, it’s again time to close bees down for winter. We’ve watched a late season light honey and a strong pollen […]
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Requeening Honey Bees at JWA Thursday 8 March 11 am – 4 pm
Requeening colonies at Jerrabomberra Wetlands Thursday 8 March 11 am – 4 pm The club apiary ‘early autumn’ requeening program is now in full swing. Following up on queen marking on the 21st of February […]
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2018 Late Summer – Autumn Apiary Tasks
Requeening, Disease Inspection and Overwintering Preparation Hive type Hive code Queen condition (colour marking) Queen source Intro-duction date Action/Notes Paradise nuc 2x6F N05 Eval (Y) AQBL Italian 12.10.2016 Use for observation hive/requeening 2Q 3 ½ […]
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Honey Extraction Day
On 13th January 2018 The Association held its first ever member focused honey extraction day. With two sold out sessions we eventually opened up our waiting list and saw around 70 beekeepers from newbie to […]