Bees in the Antipodes: Into their new home

Bees do really`pour` out of the box, they settled in very quickly and within days began drawing out the wax foundation - this is Matai

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.

Bees in the Antipodes

Monday, February 5, 2007

Into their new home

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Honey and Dust by Piers Moore Ede

Bees on board at last !!