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BROOD COMB - PHOTOS
Brood Comb – Photos. It’s warming up here in the UK with the temperatures pushing an unseasonal 19C. I am sure many beekeepers have had the excitement of their first inspection of the year. I even managed to find the queen that evaded me last year and marked her for good measure. It is vital to be able to read the comb and understandwhat
FEEDING BEES
Contact Feeders. This is a plastic bucket with a lid fitted with a gauze centre section. The bucket is filled with sugar syrup and then inverted over an empty container to catch the small amount of syrup that will pass through the gauze before atmospheric pressure in the bucket drops thus holding the syrup in the feeder. HIVE VENTILATION ADVICE National Bee Unit (NBU) Advice On Hive Ventilation. The NBU does not go into much detail but does say the following on hive ventilation: “Damp rather than cold kills bees so check hives, especially roofs, to ensure rain is shed away. It is best to ensure that your hives are SWARM CONTROL MADE VERY EASY How To Do It – 14×12 Brood Box. You need 3,920 cm2 (608 square inches) of drone comb. This means 4 brood frames in 14×12 brood box. This also means that to create enough worker bees you need to put a super below the 14×12. In early spring (year 1) place 2 drone frames with flat foundation in the centre of brood box.BEEKEEPING CALENDAR
HARVESTING HONEY
Option A – Melt the comb with a steamer, or uncapping tray, to separate wax and honey. Option B – If only a little granulated honey: Spray with water, place super below brood box with spare Queen Excluder between the two boxes. Bees will move stores up into broodchamber.
TALKING WITH BEES
Hive Record Card Guidance. The British Beekeepers Association (BBKA) has developed some guidance on honeybee colony record keeping. This guidance helps explain how to complete the record cards. BEES ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE HIVE Step 1 – Looking for a Queen. No chance! 30,000 bees (many strangely on the outside of the hive after I had been examining the frames) versus one panicky, novice beekeeper with bees crawling inside his beesuit. Yes – admittedly on my side I also have a calmer novice beekeeper (i.e. Dad) but unfortunately he’s an ally with macularHOW-TO HIVE A SWARM
SWARM MANAGEMENT
Put on a super before the end of April. Brood box reversal: If you are using a double brood box or brood and a half, then put the upper box on the floor and bring up the bottom box every 12 days from mid-May. Re-queen every 1-2 years: Only 5% of colonies swarm when the Queen is less than 12 months old. Find and mark the Queen when the hive isBROOD COMB - PHOTOS
Brood Comb – Photos. It’s warming up here in the UK with the temperatures pushing an unseasonal 19C. I am sure many beekeepers have had the excitement of their first inspection of the year. I even managed to find the queen that evaded me last year and marked her for good measure. It is vital to be able to read the comb and understandwhat
FEEDING BEES
Contact Feeders. This is a plastic bucket with a lid fitted with a gauze centre section. The bucket is filled with sugar syrup and then inverted over an empty container to catch the small amount of syrup that will pass through the gauze before atmospheric pressure in the bucket drops thus holding the syrup in the feeder. HIVE VENTILATION ADVICE National Bee Unit (NBU) Advice On Hive Ventilation. The NBU does not go into much detail but does say the following on hive ventilation: “Damp rather than cold kills bees so check hives, especially roofs, to ensure rain is shed away. It is best to ensure that your hives are SWARM CONTROL MADE VERY EASY How To Do It – 14×12 Brood Box. You need 3,920 cm2 (608 square inches) of drone comb. This means 4 brood frames in 14×12 brood box. This also means that to create enough worker bees you need to put a super below the 14×12. In early spring (year 1) place 2 drone frames with flat foundation in the centre of brood box.BEEKEEPING CALENDAR
HARVESTING HONEY
Option A – Melt the comb with a steamer, or uncapping tray, to separate wax and honey. Option B – If only a little granulated honey: Spray with water, place super below brood box with spare Queen Excluder between the two boxes. Bees will move stores up into broodchamber.
TALKING WITH BEES
Hive Record Card Guidance. The British Beekeepers Association (BBKA) has developed some guidance on honeybee colony record keeping. This guidance helps explain how to complete the record cards. BEES ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE HIVE Step 1 – Looking for a Queen. No chance! 30,000 bees (many strangely on the outside of the hive after I had been examining the frames) versus one panicky, novice beekeeper with bees crawling inside his beesuit. Yes – admittedly on my side I also have a calmer novice beekeeper (i.e. Dad) but unfortunately he’s an ally with macularHOW-TO HIVE A SWARM
SWARM MANAGEMENT
Put on a super before the end of April. Brood box reversal: If you are using a double brood box or brood and a half, then put the upper box on the floor and bring up the bottom box every 12 days from mid-May. Re-queen every 1-2 years: Only 5% of colonies swarm when the Queen is less than 12 months old. Find and mark the Queen when the hive isBEEKEEPING CALENDAR
Inspect bees as follows: Inspect every 7-9 days for disease, swarming intentions, status of Queen, brood pattern and stores (9 days is the time it takes the bees to create and cap a Queen cell and decide to swarm). Temperature must be above 15C. Practice good apiary hygiene(Read: Bee Hygiene)
SWARM MANAGEMENT
Put on a super before the end of April. Brood box reversal: If you are using a double brood box or brood and a half, then put the upper box on the floor and bring up the bottom box every 12 days from mid-May. Re-queen every 1-2 years: Only 5% of colonies swarm when the Queen is less than 12 months old. Find and mark the Queen when the hive isCREATING A NUC
Place in nuc and make sure entrance is small (i.e. defendable) Shake in a frame of bees. Place nuc some distance from hive. Inspect main hive and destroy all Queen cells but leave one Queen cell in which you can see a larvae (it is possible that some Queen cells are empty) Mark the frame with the Queen with a pin, directly above where you foundHOW-TO HIVE A SWARM
Hiving A Swarm Introduction. I found hiving a swarm the first time quite an adrenaline rush, and if I am being honest, quite scary! But, not many experiences in life can beat successfully hiving a swarm, observing the bees flying in-and-out over the next few days and realising that you have supported a honeybee colony and created a honey-making factory. SWARM TRAP & PHEROMONE swarms; those without pheromone attracted only 4 swarms (Schmidt, J. Chem. Ecol. 20: 1053-56 ).”. And traps with lures are 4 times as effective as using old comb. Some of the results were summarised in the December 1990 issue of American Bee J. on p. 812. Essentially, the pheromone traps caught 13 swarms to the 3 of the traps with comb BEE EGGS - IN THE HIVE LOOKING FOR BEE EGGS Post hive check research: I checked beekeeping books and the internet to double check what bee eggs look like. Nope – none of them. I had a few texts and made a phone call – advice ranged from “assume there is a Queen and destroy all the Queen cells”, to, “you won’t have a Queen yet, but destroy all the Queen cells bar one (or two)” – to reduce after swarms I presume. COMMON PESTS, DISEASES AND DISORDERS OF THE ADULT HONEY BEE The Food and Environment Research Agency Sand Hutton York YO41 1LZ UK Telephone +44 (0)1904 462 000 Fax +44 (0)1904 462 111 Email info@fera.gsi.gov.ukEGLU REVIEW
Eglu Verdict (My Personal View) Highly functional with excellent design – appeals to hearts and minds; Appears expensive, but: (A) cheaper chicken coops come as flat packs and take time/stress to assemble, (B) it has a fox guard, so less dead chickens (saving £20 a time), (C) the Eglu may help chickens produce more eggs and be less likely to get diseases (rationale: easier to clean, goodROSS ROUNDS
Ross Rounds – Harvesting. I haven’t done this yet, but as soon as I have, I’ll update this blog. Basically: Split the two halves of the plastic frames. Push out the sections, cutting off spare foundation between the round sections. Put the 32 sections into 32 containers. Freeze itCATCHING A SWARM
caught my first swarm today.came across them by pure chance. bees were very passive and gentle. swarm was about 10 ft above the ground, needed ladders.i cut the branch placed over nuc box ,gave a couple of sharp knocks on branch and they all fell in. a few did re group on the tree again, repeated process and got them all. i had some used brood frames and some spare frames with honey suppliesBROOD COMB - PHOTOS
Brood Comb – Photos. It’s warming up here in the UK with the temperatures pushing an unseasonal 19C. I am sure many beekeepers have had the excitement of their first inspection of the year. I even managed to find the queen that evaded me last year and marked her for good measure. It is vital to be able to read the comb and understandwhat
FEEDING BEES
Contact Feeders. This is a plastic bucket with a lid fitted with a gauze centre section. The bucket is filled with sugar syrup and then inverted over an empty container to catch the small amount of syrup that will pass through the gauze before atmospheric pressure in the bucket drops thus holding the syrup in the feeder. HIVE VENTILATION ADVICE National Bee Unit (NBU) Advice On Hive Ventilation. The NBU does not go into much detail but does say the following on hive ventilation: “Damp rather than cold kills bees so check hives, especially roofs, to ensure rain is shed away. It is best to ensure that your hives are SWARM CONTROL MADE VERY EASY How To Do It – 14×12 Brood Box. You need 3,920 cm2 (608 square inches) of drone comb. This means 4 brood frames in 14×12 brood box. This also means that to create enough worker bees you need to put a super below the 14×12. In early spring (year 1) place 2 drone frames with flat foundation in the centre of brood box.BEEKEEPING CALENDAR
HARVESTING HONEY
Option A – Melt the comb with a steamer, or uncapping tray, to separate wax and honey. Option B – If only a little granulated honey: Spray with water, place super below brood box with spare Queen Excluder between the two boxes. Bees will move stores up into broodchamber.
TALKING WITH BEES
Hive Record Card Guidance. The British Beekeepers Association (BBKA) has developed some guidance on honeybee colony record keeping. This guidance helps explain how to complete the record cards. BEES ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE HIVE Step 1 – Looking for a Queen. No chance! 30,000 bees (many strangely on the outside of the hive after I had been examining the frames) versus one panicky, novice beekeeper with bees crawling inside his beesuit. Yes – admittedly on my side I also have a calmer novice beekeeper (i.e. Dad) but unfortunately he’s an ally with macularHOW-TO HIVE A SWARM
SWARM MANAGEMENT
Put on a super before the end of April. Brood box reversal: If you are using a double brood box or brood and a half, then put the upper box on the floor and bring up the bottom box every 12 days from mid-May. Re-queen every 1-2 years: Only 5% of colonies swarm when the Queen is less than 12 months old. Find and mark the Queen when the hive isBROOD COMB - PHOTOS
Brood Comb – Photos. It’s warming up here in the UK with the temperatures pushing an unseasonal 19C. I am sure many beekeepers have had the excitement of their first inspection of the year. I even managed to find the queen that evaded me last year and marked her for good measure. It is vital to be able to read the comb and understandwhat
FEEDING BEES
Contact Feeders. This is a plastic bucket with a lid fitted with a gauze centre section. The bucket is filled with sugar syrup and then inverted over an empty container to catch the small amount of syrup that will pass through the gauze before atmospheric pressure in the bucket drops thus holding the syrup in the feeder. HIVE VENTILATION ADVICE National Bee Unit (NBU) Advice On Hive Ventilation. The NBU does not go into much detail but does say the following on hive ventilation: “Damp rather than cold kills bees so check hives, especially roofs, to ensure rain is shed away. It is best to ensure that your hives are SWARM CONTROL MADE VERY EASY How To Do It – 14×12 Brood Box. You need 3,920 cm2 (608 square inches) of drone comb. This means 4 brood frames in 14×12 brood box. This also means that to create enough worker bees you need to put a super below the 14×12. In early spring (year 1) place 2 drone frames with flat foundation in the centre of brood box.BEEKEEPING CALENDAR
HARVESTING HONEY
Option A – Melt the comb with a steamer, or uncapping tray, to separate wax and honey. Option B – If only a little granulated honey: Spray with water, place super below brood box with spare Queen Excluder between the two boxes. Bees will move stores up into broodchamber.
TALKING WITH BEES
Hive Record Card Guidance. The British Beekeepers Association (BBKA) has developed some guidance on honeybee colony record keeping. This guidance helps explain how to complete the record cards. BEES ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE HIVE Step 1 – Looking for a Queen. No chance! 30,000 bees (many strangely on the outside of the hive after I had been examining the frames) versus one panicky, novice beekeeper with bees crawling inside his beesuit. Yes – admittedly on my side I also have a calmer novice beekeeper (i.e. Dad) but unfortunately he’s an ally with macularHOW-TO HIVE A SWARM
SWARM MANAGEMENT
Put on a super before the end of April. Brood box reversal: If you are using a double brood box or brood and a half, then put the upper box on the floor and bring up the bottom box every 12 days from mid-May. Re-queen every 1-2 years: Only 5% of colonies swarm when the Queen is less than 12 months old. Find and mark the Queen when the hive isBEEKEEPING CALENDAR
Inspect bees as follows: Inspect every 7-9 days for disease, swarming intentions, status of Queen, brood pattern and stores (9 days is the time it takes the bees to create and cap a Queen cell and decide to swarm). Temperature must be above 15C. Practice good apiary hygiene(Read: Bee Hygiene)
SWARM MANAGEMENT
Put on a super before the end of April. Brood box reversal: If you are using a double brood box or brood and a half, then put the upper box on the floor and bring up the bottom box every 12 days from mid-May. Re-queen every 1-2 years: Only 5% of colonies swarm when the Queen is less than 12 months old. Find and mark the Queen when the hive isCREATING A NUC
Place in nuc and make sure entrance is small (i.e. defendable) Shake in a frame of bees. Place nuc some distance from hive. Inspect main hive and destroy all Queen cells but leave one Queen cell in which you can see a larvae (it is possible that some Queen cells are empty) Mark the frame with the Queen with a pin, directly above where you foundHOW-TO HIVE A SWARM
Hiving A Swarm Introduction. I found hiving a swarm the first time quite an adrenaline rush, and if I am being honest, quite scary! But, not many experiences in life can beat successfully hiving a swarm, observing the bees flying in-and-out over the next few days and realising that you have supported a honeybee colony and created a honey-making factory. SWARM TRAP & PHEROMONE swarms; those without pheromone attracted only 4 swarms (Schmidt, J. Chem. Ecol. 20: 1053-56 ).”. And traps with lures are 4 times as effective as using old comb. Some of the results were summarised in the December 1990 issue of American Bee J. on p. 812. Essentially, the pheromone traps caught 13 swarms to the 3 of the traps with comb BEE EGGS - IN THE HIVE LOOKING FOR BEE EGGS Post hive check research: I checked beekeeping books and the internet to double check what bee eggs look like. Nope – none of them. I had a few texts and made a phone call – advice ranged from “assume there is a Queen and destroy all the Queen cells”, to, “you won’t have a Queen yet, but destroy all the Queen cells bar one (or two)” – to reduce after swarms I presume. COMMON PESTS, DISEASES AND DISORDERS OF THE ADULT HONEY BEE The Food and Environment Research Agency Sand Hutton York YO41 1LZ UK Telephone +44 (0)1904 462 000 Fax +44 (0)1904 462 111 Email info@fera.gsi.gov.ukEGLU REVIEW
Eglu Verdict (My Personal View) Highly functional with excellent design – appeals to hearts and minds; Appears expensive, but: (A) cheaper chicken coops come as flat packs and take time/stress to assemble, (B) it has a fox guard, so less dead chickens (saving £20 a time), (C) the Eglu may help chickens produce more eggs and be less likely to get diseases (rationale: easier to clean, goodROSS ROUNDS
Ross Rounds – Harvesting. I haven’t done this yet, but as soon as I have, I’ll update this blog. Basically: Split the two halves of the plastic frames. Push out the sections, cutting off spare foundation between the round sections. Put the 32 sections into 32 containers. Freeze itCATCHING A SWARM
caught my first swarm today.came across them by pure chance. bees were very passive and gentle. swarm was about 10 ft above the ground, needed ladders.i cut the branch placed over nuc box ,gave a couple of sharp knocks on branch and they all fell in. a few did re group on the tree again, repeated process and got them all. i had some used brood frames and some spare frames with honey suppliesBROOD COMB - PHOTOS
Brood Comb – Photos. It’s warming up here in the UK with the temperatures pushing an unseasonal 19C. I am sure many beekeepers have had the excitement of their first inspection of the year. I even managed to find the queen that evaded me last year and marked her for good measure. It is vital to be able to read the comb and understandwhat
FEEDING BEES
Contact Feeders. This is a plastic bucket with a lid fitted with a gauze centre section. The bucket is filled with sugar syrup and then inverted over an empty container to catch the small amount of syrup that will pass through the gauze before atmospheric pressure in the bucket drops thus holding the syrup in the feeder. HIVE VENTILATION ADVICE National Bee Unit (NBU) Advice On Hive Ventilation. The NBU does not go into much detail but does say the following on hive ventilation: “Damp rather than cold kills bees so check hives, especially roofs, to ensure rain is shed away. It is best to ensure that your hives are SWARM CONTROL MADE VERY EASY How To Do It – 14×12 Brood Box. You need 3,920 cm2 (608 square inches) of drone comb. This means 4 brood frames in 14×12 brood box. This also means that to create enough worker bees you need to put a super below the 14×12. In early spring (year 1) place 2 drone frames with flat foundation in the centre of brood box.BEEKEEPING CALENDAR
HARVESTING HONEY
Option A – Melt the comb with a steamer, or uncapping tray, to separate wax and honey. Option B – If only a little granulated honey: Spray with water, place super below brood box with spare Queen Excluder between the two boxes. Bees will move stores up into broodchamber.
TALKING WITH BEES
Hive Record Card Guidance. The British Beekeepers Association (BBKA) has developed some guidance on honeybee colony record keeping. This guidance helps explain how to complete the record cards. BEES ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE HIVE Step 1 – Looking for a Queen. No chance! 30,000 bees (many strangely on the outside of the hive after I had been examining the frames) versus one panicky, novice beekeeper with bees crawling inside his beesuit. Yes – admittedly on my side I also have a calmer novice beekeeper (i.e. Dad) but unfortunately he’s an ally with macularHOW-TO HIVE A SWARM
SWARM MANAGEMENT
Put on a super before the end of April. Brood box reversal: If you are using a double brood box or brood and a half, then put the upper box on the floor and bring up the bottom box every 12 days from mid-May. Re-queen every 1-2 years: Only 5% of colonies swarm when the Queen is less than 12 months old. Find and mark the Queen when the hive isBROOD COMB - PHOTOS
Brood Comb – Photos. It’s warming up here in the UK with the temperatures pushing an unseasonal 19C. I am sure many beekeepers have had the excitement of their first inspection of the year. I even managed to find the queen that evaded me last year and marked her for good measure. It is vital to be able to read the comb and understandwhat
FEEDING BEES
Contact Feeders. This is a plastic bucket with a lid fitted with a gauze centre section. The bucket is filled with sugar syrup and then inverted over an empty container to catch the small amount of syrup that will pass through the gauze before atmospheric pressure in the bucket drops thus holding the syrup in the feeder. HIVE VENTILATION ADVICE National Bee Unit (NBU) Advice On Hive Ventilation. The NBU does not go into much detail but does say the following on hive ventilation: “Damp rather than cold kills bees so check hives, especially roofs, to ensure rain is shed away. It is best to ensure that your hives are SWARM CONTROL MADE VERY EASY How To Do It – 14×12 Brood Box. You need 3,920 cm2 (608 square inches) of drone comb. This means 4 brood frames in 14×12 brood box. This also means that to create enough worker bees you need to put a super below the 14×12. In early spring (year 1) place 2 drone frames with flat foundation in the centre of brood box.BEEKEEPING CALENDAR
HARVESTING HONEY
Option A – Melt the comb with a steamer, or uncapping tray, to separate wax and honey. Option B – If only a little granulated honey: Spray with water, place super below brood box with spare Queen Excluder between the two boxes. Bees will move stores up into broodchamber.
TALKING WITH BEES
Hive Record Card Guidance. The British Beekeepers Association (BBKA) has developed some guidance on honeybee colony record keeping. This guidance helps explain how to complete the record cards. BEES ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE HIVE Step 1 – Looking for a Queen. No chance! 30,000 bees (many strangely on the outside of the hive after I had been examining the frames) versus one panicky, novice beekeeper with bees crawling inside his beesuit. Yes – admittedly on my side I also have a calmer novice beekeeper (i.e. Dad) but unfortunately he’s an ally with macularHOW-TO HIVE A SWARM
SWARM MANAGEMENT
Put on a super before the end of April. Brood box reversal: If you are using a double brood box or brood and a half, then put the upper box on the floor and bring up the bottom box every 12 days from mid-May. Re-queen every 1-2 years: Only 5% of colonies swarm when the Queen is less than 12 months old. Find and mark the Queen when the hive isBEEKEEPING CALENDAR
Inspect bees as follows: Inspect every 7-9 days for disease, swarming intentions, status of Queen, brood pattern and stores (9 days is the time it takes the bees to create and cap a Queen cell and decide to swarm). Temperature must be above 15C. Practice good apiary hygiene(Read: Bee Hygiene)
SWARM MANAGEMENT
Put on a super before the end of April. Brood box reversal: If you are using a double brood box or brood and a half, then put the upper box on the floor and bring up the bottom box every 12 days from mid-May. Re-queen every 1-2 years: Only 5% of colonies swarm when the Queen is less than 12 months old. Find and mark the Queen when the hive isCREATING A NUC
Place in nuc and make sure entrance is small (i.e. defendable) Shake in a frame of bees. Place nuc some distance from hive. Inspect main hive and destroy all Queen cells but leave one Queen cell in which you can see a larvae (it is possible that some Queen cells are empty) Mark the frame with the Queen with a pin, directly above where you foundHOW-TO HIVE A SWARM
Hiving A Swarm Introduction. I found hiving a swarm the first time quite an adrenaline rush, and if I am being honest, quite scary! But, not many experiences in life can beat successfully hiving a swarm, observing the bees flying in-and-out over the next few days and realising that you have supported a honeybee colony and created a honey-making factory. SWARM TRAP & PHEROMONE swarms; those without pheromone attracted only 4 swarms (Schmidt, J. Chem. Ecol. 20: 1053-56 ).”. And traps with lures are 4 times as effective as using old comb. Some of the results were summarised in the December 1990 issue of American Bee J. on p. 812. Essentially, the pheromone traps caught 13 swarms to the 3 of the traps with comb BEE EGGS - IN THE HIVE LOOKING FOR BEE EGGS Post hive check research: I checked beekeeping books and the internet to double check what bee eggs look like. Nope – none of them. I had a few texts and made a phone call – advice ranged from “assume there is a Queen and destroy all the Queen cells”, to, “you won’t have a Queen yet, but destroy all the Queen cells bar one (or two)” – to reduce after swarms I presume. COMMON PESTS, DISEASES AND DISORDERS OF THE ADULT HONEY BEE The Food and Environment Research Agency Sand Hutton York YO41 1LZ UK Telephone +44 (0)1904 462 000 Fax +44 (0)1904 462 111 Email info@fera.gsi.gov.ukEGLU REVIEW
Eglu Verdict (My Personal View) Highly functional with excellent design – appeals to hearts and minds; Appears expensive, but: (A) cheaper chicken coops come as flat packs and take time/stress to assemble, (B) it has a fox guard, so less dead chickens (saving £20 a time), (C) the Eglu may help chickens produce more eggs and be less likely to get diseases (rationale: easier to clean, goodROSS ROUNDS
Ross Rounds – Harvesting. I haven’t done this yet, but as soon as I have, I’ll update this blog. Basically: Split the two halves of the plastic frames. Push out the sections, cutting off spare foundation between the round sections. Put the 32 sections into 32 containers. Freeze itCATCHING A SWARM
caught my first swarm today.came across them by pure chance. bees were very passive and gentle. swarm was about 10 ft above the ground, needed ladders.i cut the branch placed over nuc box ,gave a couple of sharp knocks on branch and they all fell in. a few did re group on the tree again, repeated process and got them all. i had some used brood frames and some spare frames with honey suppliesBROOD COMB - PHOTOS
Brood Comb – Photos. It’s warming up here in the UK with the temperatures pushing an unseasonal 19C. I am sure many beekeepers have had the excitement of their first inspection of the year. I even managed to find the queen that evaded me last year and marked her for good measure. It is vital to be able to read the comb and understandwhat
HIVE VENTILATION ADVICE National Bee Unit (NBU) Advice On Hive Ventilation. The NBU does not go into much detail but does say the following on hive ventilation: “Damp rather than cold kills bees so check hives, especially roofs, to ensure rain is shed away. It is best to ensure that your hives areBEEKEEPING CALENDAR
BEES ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE HIVE Step 1 – Looking for a Queen. No chance! 30,000 bees (many strangely on the outside of the hive after I had been examining the frames) versus one panicky, novice beekeeper with bees crawling inside his beesuit. Yes – admittedly on my side I also have a calmer novice beekeeper (i.e. Dad) but unfortunately he’s an ally with macularFEEDING BEES
Contact Feeders. This is a plastic bucket with a lid fitted with a gauze centre section. The bucket is filled with sugar syrup and then inverted over an empty container to catch the small amount of syrup that will pass through the gauze before atmospheric pressure inHOW-TO HIVE A SWARM
HARVESTING HONEY
Option A – Melt the comb with a steamer, or uncapping tray, to separate wax and honey. Option B – If only a little granulated honey: Spray with water, place super below brood box with spare Queen Excluder between the two boxes. Bees will move stores up into broodchamber.
SWARM TRAP & PHEROMONE swarms; those without pheromone attracted only 4 swarms (Schmidt, J. Chem. Ecol. 20: 1053-56 ).”. And traps with lures are 4 times as effective as using old comb. Some of the results were summarised in the December 1990 issue of American Bee J. on p. 812. Essentially, the pheromone traps caught 13 swarms to the 3 of the traps with combSWARM MANAGEMENT
Put on a super before the end of April. Brood box reversal: If you are using a double brood box or brood and a half, then put the upper box on the floor and bring up the bottom box every 12 days from mid-May. Re-queen every 1-2 years: Only 5% of colonies swarm when the Queen is less than 12 months old. Find and mark the Queen when the hive isCOLONY RECORD CARD
Queen cells Brood: Stores Room: Health Varroa: Temper Supers: FeedWeather: Comments
BROOD COMB - PHOTOS
Brood Comb – Photos. It’s warming up here in the UK with the temperatures pushing an unseasonal 19C. I am sure many beekeepers have had the excitement of their first inspection of the year. I even managed to find the queen that evaded me last year and marked her for good measure. It is vital to be able to read the comb and understandwhat
HIVE VENTILATION ADVICE National Bee Unit (NBU) Advice On Hive Ventilation. The NBU does not go into much detail but does say the following on hive ventilation: “Damp rather than cold kills bees so check hives, especially roofs, to ensure rain is shed away. It is best to ensure that your hives areBEEKEEPING CALENDAR
BEES ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE HIVE Step 1 – Looking for a Queen. No chance! 30,000 bees (many strangely on the outside of the hive after I had been examining the frames) versus one panicky, novice beekeeper with bees crawling inside his beesuit. Yes – admittedly on my side I also have a calmer novice beekeeper (i.e. Dad) but unfortunately he’s an ally with macularFEEDING BEES
Contact Feeders. This is a plastic bucket with a lid fitted with a gauze centre section. The bucket is filled with sugar syrup and then inverted over an empty container to catch the small amount of syrup that will pass through the gauze before atmospheric pressure inHOW-TO HIVE A SWARM
HARVESTING HONEY
Option A – Melt the comb with a steamer, or uncapping tray, to separate wax and honey. Option B – If only a little granulated honey: Spray with water, place super below brood box with spare Queen Excluder between the two boxes. Bees will move stores up into broodchamber.
SWARM TRAP & PHEROMONE swarms; those without pheromone attracted only 4 swarms (Schmidt, J. Chem. Ecol. 20: 1053-56 ).”. And traps with lures are 4 times as effective as using old comb. Some of the results were summarised in the December 1990 issue of American Bee J. on p. 812. Essentially, the pheromone traps caught 13 swarms to the 3 of the traps with combSWARM MANAGEMENT
Put on a super before the end of April. Brood box reversal: If you are using a double brood box or brood and a half, then put the upper box on the floor and bring up the bottom box every 12 days from mid-May. Re-queen every 1-2 years: Only 5% of colonies swarm when the Queen is less than 12 months old. Find and mark the Queen when the hive isCOLONY RECORD CARD
Queen cells Brood: Stores Room: Health Varroa: Temper Supers: FeedWeather: Comments
HOW-TO HIVE A SWARM
Hiving A Swarm Introduction. I found hiving a swarm the first time quite an adrenaline rush, and if I am being honest, quite scary! But, not many experiences in life can beat successfully hiving a swarm, observing the bees flying in-and-out over the next few days and realising that you have supported a honeybee colony and created a honey-making factory. SWARM TRAP & PHEROMONE swarms; those without pheromone attracted only 4 swarms (Schmidt, J. Chem. Ecol. 20: 1053-56 ).”. And traps with lures are 4 times as effective as using old comb. Some of the results were summarised in the December 1990 issue of American Bee J. on p. 812. Essentially, the pheromone traps caught 13 swarms to the 3 of the traps with combHONEY SECTIONS
April (UK) – Place super with frames on hive to give them room to expand and lay down honey. May (UK) – When the first honey flow begins give them a round-section super underneath the extracting super (s) which are already becoming filled. In this position, the bees will start work on it quickly. “When all but perhaps the 4 sections atCREATING A NUC
Place in nuc and make sure entrance is small (i.e. defendable) Shake in a frame of bees. Place nuc some distance from hive. Inspect main hive and destroy all Queen cells but leave one Queen cell in which you can see a larvae (it is possible that some Queen cells are empty) Mark the frame with the Queen with a pin, directly above where you foundTALKING WITH BEES
Hive Record Card Guidance. The British Beekeepers Association (BBKA) has developed some guidance on honeybee colony record keeping. This guidance helps explain how to complete the record cards. SWARM CONTROL MADE VERY EASY How To Do It – 14×12 Brood Box. You need 3,920 cm2 (608 square inches) of drone comb. This means 4 brood frames in 14×12 brood box. This also means that to create enough worker bees you need to put a super below the 14×12. In early spring (year 1) place 2 drone frames with flat foundation in the centre of brood box. PLASTIC BEEHIVE FRAMES REVIEW Plastic Beehive Frames. I’m a bloke with a small garden, allotment, beehives, wife, small child, full time job and a bee blog. In winter it’s manageable, it’s mainly the job and the family to QUEEN'S BEEKEEPER (JOHN CHAPPLE) The Queen’s Beekeeper. I have just found out that the Queen has a beekeeper. Why has no one told me before?! John Chapple maintains hives at Buckingham Palace, Clarence House (Prince Charles’s residence), Lambeth Palace (Archbishop of Canterbury residence) plus some 40 hives in London’s’ Royal Parks.BEEHAUS REVIEW
A lot of beekeepers have a bad back and I don’t want one. The beehaus is at the ideal height, the supers will only weigh up to 7Kg each and it is easy to inspect the brood frames. 5. With most beehives you need a garage or a shed to store additional brood boxes andTHERMOSOLAR HIVE
Thermosolar Hive – Kills 100% Of Varroa Mites. There is a very new, very innovative, potentially very exciting beehive currently looking for crowd funding (closes 25 June 2016). It’s inventor and team claim this hive can kill 100% of varroa mites without chemicals –BROOD COMB - PHOTOS
Brood Comb – Photos. It’s warming up here in the UK with the temperatures pushing an unseasonal 19C. I am sure many beekeepers have had the excitement of their first inspection of the year. I even managed to find the queen that evaded me last year and marked her for good measure. It is vital to be able to read the comb and understandwhat
HIVE VENTILATION ADVICE National Bee Unit (NBU) Advice On Hive Ventilation. The NBU does not go into much detail but does say the following on hive ventilation: “Damp rather than cold kills bees so check hives, especially roofs, to ensure rain is shed away. It is best to ensure that your hives areBEEKEEPING CALENDAR
BEES ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE HIVE Step 1 – Looking for a Queen. No chance! 30,000 bees (many strangely on the outside of the hive after I had been examining the frames) versus one panicky, novice beekeeper with bees crawling inside his beesuit. Yes – admittedly on my side I also have a calmer novice beekeeper (i.e. Dad) but unfortunately he’s an ally with macularFEEDING BEES
Contact Feeders. This is a plastic bucket with a lid fitted with a gauze centre section. The bucket is filled with sugar syrup and then inverted over an empty container to catch the small amount of syrup that will pass through the gauze before atmospheric pressure inHOW-TO HIVE A SWARM
HARVESTING HONEY
Option A – Melt the comb with a steamer, or uncapping tray, to separate wax and honey. Option B – If only a little granulated honey: Spray with water, place super below brood box with spare Queen Excluder between the two boxes. Bees will move stores up into broodchamber.
SWARM TRAP & PHEROMONE swarms; those without pheromone attracted only 4 swarms (Schmidt, J. Chem. Ecol. 20: 1053-56 ).”. And traps with lures are 4 times as effective as using old comb. Some of the results were summarised in the December 1990 issue of American Bee J. on p. 812. Essentially, the pheromone traps caught 13 swarms to the 3 of the traps with combSWARM MANAGEMENT
Put on a super before the end of April. Brood box reversal: If you are using a double brood box or brood and a half, then put the upper box on the floor and bring up the bottom box every 12 days from mid-May. Re-queen every 1-2 years: Only 5% of colonies swarm when the Queen is less than 12 months old. Find and mark the Queen when the hive isCOLONY RECORD CARD
Queen cells Brood: Stores Room: Health Varroa: Temper Supers: FeedWeather: Comments
BROOD COMB - PHOTOS
Brood Comb – Photos. It’s warming up here in the UK with the temperatures pushing an unseasonal 19C. I am sure many beekeepers have had the excitement of their first inspection of the year. I even managed to find the queen that evaded me last year and marked her for good measure. It is vital to be able to read the comb and understandwhat
HIVE VENTILATION ADVICE National Bee Unit (NBU) Advice On Hive Ventilation. The NBU does not go into much detail but does say the following on hive ventilation: “Damp rather than cold kills bees so check hives, especially roofs, to ensure rain is shed away. It is best to ensure that your hives areBEEKEEPING CALENDAR
BEES ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE HIVE Step 1 – Looking for a Queen. No chance! 30,000 bees (many strangely on the outside of the hive after I had been examining the frames) versus one panicky, novice beekeeper with bees crawling inside his beesuit. Yes – admittedly on my side I also have a calmer novice beekeeper (i.e. Dad) but unfortunately he’s an ally with macularFEEDING BEES
Contact Feeders. This is a plastic bucket with a lid fitted with a gauze centre section. The bucket is filled with sugar syrup and then inverted over an empty container to catch the small amount of syrup that will pass through the gauze before atmospheric pressure inHOW-TO HIVE A SWARM
HARVESTING HONEY
Option A – Melt the comb with a steamer, or uncapping tray, to separate wax and honey. Option B – If only a little granulated honey: Spray with water, place super below brood box with spare Queen Excluder between the two boxes. Bees will move stores up into broodchamber.
SWARM TRAP & PHEROMONE swarms; those without pheromone attracted only 4 swarms (Schmidt, J. Chem. Ecol. 20: 1053-56 ).”. And traps with lures are 4 times as effective as using old comb. Some of the results were summarised in the December 1990 issue of American Bee J. on p. 812. Essentially, the pheromone traps caught 13 swarms to the 3 of the traps with combSWARM MANAGEMENT
Put on a super before the end of April. Brood box reversal: If you are using a double brood box or brood and a half, then put the upper box on the floor and bring up the bottom box every 12 days from mid-May. Re-queen every 1-2 years: Only 5% of colonies swarm when the Queen is less than 12 months old. Find and mark the Queen when the hive isCOLONY RECORD CARD
Queen cells Brood: Stores Room: Health Varroa: Temper Supers: FeedWeather: Comments
HOW-TO HIVE A SWARM
Hiving A Swarm Introduction. I found hiving a swarm the first time quite an adrenaline rush, and if I am being honest, quite scary! But, not many experiences in life can beat successfully hiving a swarm, observing the bees flying in-and-out over the next few days and realising that you have supported a honeybee colony and created a honey-making factory. SWARM TRAP & PHEROMONE swarms; those without pheromone attracted only 4 swarms (Schmidt, J. Chem. Ecol. 20: 1053-56 ).”. And traps with lures are 4 times as effective as using old comb. Some of the results were summarised in the December 1990 issue of American Bee J. on p. 812. Essentially, the pheromone traps caught 13 swarms to the 3 of the traps with combHONEY SECTIONS
April (UK) – Place super with frames on hive to give them room to expand and lay down honey. May (UK) – When the first honey flow begins give them a round-section super underneath the extracting super (s) which are already becoming filled. In this position, the bees will start work on it quickly. “When all but perhaps the 4 sections atCREATING A NUC
Place in nuc and make sure entrance is small (i.e. defendable) Shake in a frame of bees. Place nuc some distance from hive. Inspect main hive and destroy all Queen cells but leave one Queen cell in which you can see a larvae (it is possible that some Queen cells are empty) Mark the frame with the Queen with a pin, directly above where you foundTALKING WITH BEES
Hive Record Card Guidance. The British Beekeepers Association (BBKA) has developed some guidance on honeybee colony record keeping. This guidance helps explain how to complete the record cards. SWARM CONTROL MADE VERY EASY How To Do It – 14×12 Brood Box. You need 3,920 cm2 (608 square inches) of drone comb. This means 4 brood frames in 14×12 brood box. This also means that to create enough worker bees you need to put a super below the 14×12. In early spring (year 1) place 2 drone frames with flat foundation in the centre of brood box. PLASTIC BEEHIVE FRAMES REVIEW Plastic Beehive Frames. I’m a bloke with a small garden, allotment, beehives, wife, small child, full time job and a bee blog. In winter it’s manageable, it’s mainly the job and the family to QUEEN'S BEEKEEPER (JOHN CHAPPLE) The Queen’s Beekeeper. I have just found out that the Queen has a beekeeper. Why has no one told me before?! John Chapple maintains hives at Buckingham Palace, Clarence House (Prince Charles’s residence), Lambeth Palace (Archbishop of Canterbury residence) plus some 40 hives in London’s’ Royal Parks.BEEHAUS REVIEW
A lot of beekeepers have a bad back and I don’t want one. The beehaus is at the ideal height, the supers will only weigh up to 7Kg each and it is easy to inspect the brood frames. 5. With most beehives you need a garage or a shed to store additional brood boxes andTHERMOSOLAR HIVE
Thermosolar Hive – Kills 100% Of Varroa Mites. There is a very new, very innovative, potentially very exciting beehive currently looking for crowd funding (closes 25 June 2016). It’s inventor and team claim this hive can kill 100% of varroa mites without chemicals –FEEDING BEES
Contact Feeders. This is a plastic bucket with a lid fitted with a gauze centre section. The bucket is filled with sugar syrup and then inverted over an empty container to catch the small amount of syrup that will pass through the gauze before atmospheric pressure in the bucket drops thus holding the syrup in the feeder.BROOD COMB - PHOTOS
Brood Comb – Photos. It’s warming up here in the UK with the temperatures pushing an unseasonal 19C. I am sure many beekeepers have had the excitement of their first inspection of the year. I even managed to find the queen that evaded me last year and marked her for good measure. It is vital to be able to read the comb and understandwhat
BEES ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE HIVE Step 1 – Looking for a Queen. No chance! 30,000 bees (many strangely on the outside of the hive after I had been examining the frames) versus one panicky, novice beekeeper with bees crawling inside his beesuit. Yes – admittedly on my side I also have a calmer novice beekeeper (i.e. Dad) but unfortunately he’s an ally with macularBEEKEEPING CALENDAR
CREATING A NUC
Place in nuc and make sure entrance is small (i.e. defendable) Shake in a frame of bees. Place nuc some distance from hive. Inspect main hive and destroy all Queen cells but leave one Queen cell in which you can see a larvae (it is possible that some Queen cells are empty) Mark the frame with the Queen with a pin, directly above where you found HIVE VENTILATION ADVICE National Bee Unit (NBU) Advice On Hive Ventilation. The NBU does not go into much detail but does say the following on hive ventilation: “Damp rather than cold kills bees so check hives, especially roofs, to ensure rain is shed away. It is best to ensure that your hives are SWARM TRAP & PHEROMONE swarms; those without pheromone attracted only 4 swarms (Schmidt, J. Chem. Ecol. 20: 1053-56 ).”. And traps with lures are 4 times as effective as using old comb. Some of the results were summarised in the December 1990 issue of American Bee J. on p. 812. Essentially, the pheromone traps caught 13 swarms to the 3 of the traps with combHARVESTING HONEY
Option A – Melt the comb with a steamer, or uncapping tray, to separate wax and honey. Option B – If only a little granulated honey: Spray with water, place super below brood box with spare Queen Excluder between the two boxes. Bees will move stores up into broodchamber.
SWARM MANAGEMENT
Put on a super before the end of April. Brood box reversal: If you are using a double brood box or brood and a half, then put the upper box on the floor and bring up the bottom box every 12 days from mid-May. Re-queen every 1-2 years: Only 5% of colonies swarm when the Queen is less than 12 months old. Find and mark the Queen when the hive isROSS ROUNDS
Ross Rounds – Harvesting. I haven’t done this yet, but as soon as I have, I’ll update this blog. Basically: Split the two halves of the plastic frames. Push out the sections, cutting off spare foundation between the round sections. Put the 32 sections into 32 containers. Freeze itFEEDING BEES
Contact Feeders. This is a plastic bucket with a lid fitted with a gauze centre section. The bucket is filled with sugar syrup and then inverted over an empty container to catch the small amount of syrup that will pass through the gauze before atmospheric pressure in the bucket drops thus holding the syrup in the feeder.BROOD COMB - PHOTOS
Brood Comb – Photos. It’s warming up here in the UK with the temperatures pushing an unseasonal 19C. I am sure many beekeepers have had the excitement of their first inspection of the year. I even managed to find the queen that evaded me last year and marked her for good measure. It is vital to be able to read the comb and understandwhat
BEES ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE HIVE Step 1 – Looking for a Queen. No chance! 30,000 bees (many strangely on the outside of the hive after I had been examining the frames) versus one panicky, novice beekeeper with bees crawling inside his beesuit. Yes – admittedly on my side I also have a calmer novice beekeeper (i.e. Dad) but unfortunately he’s an ally with macularBEEKEEPING CALENDAR
CREATING A NUC
Place in nuc and make sure entrance is small (i.e. defendable) Shake in a frame of bees. Place nuc some distance from hive. Inspect main hive and destroy all Queen cells but leave one Queen cell in which you can see a larvae (it is possible that some Queen cells are empty) Mark the frame with the Queen with a pin, directly above where you found HIVE VENTILATION ADVICE National Bee Unit (NBU) Advice On Hive Ventilation. The NBU does not go into much detail but does say the following on hive ventilation: “Damp rather than cold kills bees so check hives, especially roofs, to ensure rain is shed away. It is best to ensure that your hives are SWARM TRAP & PHEROMONE swarms; those without pheromone attracted only 4 swarms (Schmidt, J. Chem. Ecol. 20: 1053-56 ).”. And traps with lures are 4 times as effective as using old comb. Some of the results were summarised in the December 1990 issue of American Bee J. on p. 812. Essentially, the pheromone traps caught 13 swarms to the 3 of the traps with combHARVESTING HONEY
Option A – Melt the comb with a steamer, or uncapping tray, to separate wax and honey. Option B – If only a little granulated honey: Spray with water, place super below brood box with spare Queen Excluder between the two boxes. Bees will move stores up into broodchamber.
SWARM MANAGEMENT
Put on a super before the end of April. Brood box reversal: If you are using a double brood box or brood and a half, then put the upper box on the floor and bring up the bottom box every 12 days from mid-May. Re-queen every 1-2 years: Only 5% of colonies swarm when the Queen is less than 12 months old. Find and mark the Queen when the hive isROSS ROUNDS
Ross Rounds – Harvesting. I haven’t done this yet, but as soon as I have, I’ll update this blog. Basically: Split the two halves of the plastic frames. Push out the sections, cutting off spare foundation between the round sections. Put the 32 sections into 32 containers. Freeze itCREATING A NUC
Place in nuc and make sure entrance is small (i.e. defendable) Shake in a frame of bees. Place nuc some distance from hive. Inspect main hive and destroy all Queen cells but leave one Queen cell in which you can see a larvae (it is possible that some Queen cells are empty) Mark the frame with the Queen with a pin, directly above where you found SWARM TRAP & PHEROMONE swarms; those without pheromone attracted only 4 swarms (Schmidt, J. Chem. Ecol. 20: 1053-56 ).”. And traps with lures are 4 times as effective as using old comb. Some of the results were summarised in the December 1990 issue of American Bee J. on p. 812. Essentially, the pheromone traps caught 13 swarms to the 3 of the traps with comb NOSEMA - SYMPTOMS, TREATMENT Nosema is a parasitic microsporidian fungal pathogen that invades the gut of the bee. There they multiply rapidly and are then excreted by the bees. Spores are picked up and swallowed by other bees. The only way to diagnose Nosema is by identifying the spores under a microscope. I don’t have a microscope (yet).HOW-TO HIVE A SWARM
Hiving A Swarm Introduction. I found hiving a swarm the first time quite an adrenaline rush, and if I am being honest, quite scary! But, not many experiences in life can beat successfully hiving a swarm, observing the bees flying in-and-out over the next few days and realising that you have supported a honeybee colony and created a honey-making factory. BEEHIVE - MY REVIEW OF BEEHIVE TYPES FOR THE NOVICE Beehaus: Verdict: Based on my research, this is the beehive that I would buy if I lived in the city, lacked space or only wanted one hive. + Pros: Relatively easy to inspect bees, ergonomic height, light supers, good sized brood chamber, easy to use wasp guard, triple insulation, good ventilation, good swarm management system, less assembly, no problems with woodpeckersSWARM MANAGEMENT
Put on a super before the end of April. Brood box reversal: If you are using a double brood box or brood and a half, then put the upper box on the floor and bring up the bottom box every 12 days from mid-May. Re-queen every 1-2 years: Only 5% of colonies swarm when the Queen is less than 12 months old. Find and mark the Queen when the hive isTALKING WITH BEES
Hive Record Card Guidance. The British Beekeepers Association (BBKA) has developed some guidance on honeybee colony record keeping. This guidance helps explain how to complete the record cards.VARROA MANAGEMENT
Place frame in freezer for 24 hours or until frozen solid. Let frame thaw and then remove dead bees and larvae with uncapping fork. Put frame back in hive for bees to clean up. At this stage you can either (A) leave it in for another round of mite removal; or (B) replace with standard worker brood frame. Protect/store the frames for the next 12CATCHING A SWARM
5 weights/stones to hold the sheet down. You might need: Secateurs, knife, saw. Smoker, fuel, matches. Ladder. Steps: Assess the situation. If it’s dangerous, do not attempt to catch the swarm. Ensure the swarm are settled: quiet, bees tunnelling in and out of the cluster, flying bees coming and going.BEEHAUS REVIEW
A lot of beekeepers have a bad back and I don’t want one. The beehaus is at the ideal height, the supers will only weigh up to 7Kg each and it is easy to inspect the brood frames. 5. With most beehives you need a garage or a shed to store additional brood boxes and↓
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