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
Preparation for the Royal Canberra Show The next Royal Canberra Show is on annually in the will be held from the 23rd to 25th February 2018 at Exhibition Park, Canberra. The details can be found here If […]
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 […]
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 […]
Most beekeepers insert some kind of inner cover between the top super and the hive lid. Although used overseas, inner covers or ceilings made of plywood or masonite with a rim of battens all round […]
When it comes to rendering beeswax, nothing works as well as a solar wax melter. Solar melters are commercially available and there are numerous plans around form which you can make your own. However, there […]