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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
ACT and Region Beekeepers Field Day Program 10 am – 3 pm Saturday 17 March 2018 Jerrabomberra Wetlands Centre 2 Dairy Road FYSHWICK Come along to our major field day event for 2018. The day […]
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 […]
Most Successful Exhibitor Mr Simon Cooke David Banks Memorial Award for the Most Outstanding Honey Exhibit Mr John Grubb for a frame of honey Class 600 – One 500g glass jar, produced from Eucalypt 1st […]
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 […]
American foulbrood (AFB) has recently been detected in hives within your local government area (LGA) or an adjoining LGA. As AFB is easily spread by robbing (bees removing honey from an infected and weak hive and […]
Some advice on how to manage your colonies to reduce the risk of American Foulbrood