Tag Archives: winter

Wrapping up your bees with a moisture quilt?

Winter is just around the corner, so it’s time to get the bees ready for [...]

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Never hold a frame full of bees away from the hive

What Happened A couple of weeks back we had an incident with the Remuera 1 [...]

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Swanson One and Api Life Var

This hive was showing signs of a high varroa mite count; it was on solid [...]

Counting Mites with a Meshboard

An introduction on how on Counting Mites using a meshboard or a screened bottom board. [...]

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Honey 1 – Second Sugar Shaking the hive II

Well it was a nice day in the hills of West Auckland, so it was [...]

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Removing the Apistan Strips

Well its week seven and we planned to removed the Apistan strips this week, the [...]

Made some Screen Bottom Boards

Finished building some screen bottom boards today.  Screen bottom boards have a few advantages. Help [...]

Goldie Inspection

Today we did an inspection on the Goldie hive, we checked the two supers, the [...]