Bees in the Antipodes: Boxing the bees

Monday, February 5, 2007

Boxing the bees

I have just discovered how to put photos on my blog - took awhile ..

Collecting the swarm from Miro in the cardboard box, high up the neighbours grapefruit tree, balancing on a wobbly ladder.

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Bees on board at last !!

I set my first hive, Miro, up at the back of my friends house at the beginning of Oct 2006. Looking fantastic with the swarm my beekeeper friend gave me, in the brand new brood box and spare on top, I am one proud beekeeper at last. One month later, they swarmed !!! Not enough room was diagnosed and a smaller half-depth box put on . Luckily the little darlings had only swarmed over the fence into the grapefruit tree. Captured and I have 2 hives - both doing very well, so well in fact that I have put a 3/4 box on both hives over the last 2 weeks. At last the necter flow is happening - lots of pollen also being brought into both Miro and Matai.