Simon was holding another training session for this year’s intake of new beekeepers to the association, so the girls and…
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The Even Luckier Beekeeper?
I started this Blog, titled “The Lucky Beekeeper”, because I just built the hive, and a swarm moved in a…
False Swarms and Varroa
Saturday, mid-day, a group of 13 of us met up at the Training Apiary to go over what 12 of…
Queen Cells?
We got home on Saturday night to find a phone message from Simon. He and Geoff had popped by earlier…
A Growing Hive
This last Sunday evening we went back to the hive, to see how they were doing. And remembering that we…
Spring Panic?
So, it’s Spring, and we’ve done a few visits to the bees so far, mostly to move them to the…
The ultimate tool for lazy beekeepers?
Scientists are using a noninvasive long-wave infrared (LWIR) imaging method pioneered by researchers at Montana State University (Bozeman, MT) and the University of Montana (Missoula, MT) that uses a radiometrically calibrated camera signal to noninvasively estimate the number of bees within their hives. More information here: http://www.optoiq.com/index/photonics-technologies-applications/lfw-display/lfw-article-display/1492187646/articles/laser-focus-world/volume-47/issue-2/newsbreaks/lwir-imaging-method-noninvasively-monitors-honeybee-hives.html
Getting ready for Winter
We didn’t get to see the Bees last week. It was either raining or muggy or both, or we couldn’t…
Holiday Stuff
We’ve been off for a week, and back again, then off for 4 days, and in between we’ve seen the…
Harvesting honey the easy way…
I’ve been a fan of polystyrene hives for some time, especially those sold by John Laidlaw at Modern Beekeeping. Unfortunately,…