Library NewsWhat books are found in the Australian category? Read on. Our club library collection is now sorted into 8 categories which reflect the current interests of our borrowing members. The library catalogue is located […]
Direct requeening at Jerrabomberra Wetlands Apiary 2 November 2016 […]
Alan Wade and Frank Derwent In our December exposé, we introduced ourselves to the mysteries of the bee shed. We described an array of hive dividers that help the beekeeper maintain some measure of control […]
Thanks to ACT FOR BEES for sharing this resource for creating a Bee Friendly Garden. https://actforbees.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/ACT-for-BEES.Planting-for-Bees-and-native-bees-Dec-2017.pdf
Alan Wade and Frank Derwent Ever thought that most beekeepers were a kangaroo short in the top paddock. Then try breaking into a beekeepers’ shed to confirm your long-held suspicions. Let’s start with the discovery […]
Alan Wade When warming to swarming becomes an overheated warning Of the fifty or so hives I’ve checked this season of ‘bees on steroids’, most had either swarmed or had prepared to do so. Of […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Alan Wade One of the earliest records of the existence of sustained presence of two queens in a hive comes from G.M. Doolittle’s 1889 book Scientific Queen-Rearingi, providing an account of queen supersedure: After I […]