Bees in the Antipodes: Looking very `bee-person` like ..

Monday, February 5, 2007

Looking very `bee-person` like ..

Not sure what the shiny spot of my face is, anyhoo, it was a very hot sunny afternoon and the swimming pool looked very inviting. Both hives are situated right down the back of my friend`s garden, facing north and sheltered from the wind - extremely bee friendly

It is Monday afternoon here in the Antipodes, not sure why is says Sunday on the post - after all, we are the first country in the world to see the new day ..

2 comments:

Jo in NZ said...: great job on the getting the pics up. You can probably change the date via the settings page, you will be on American time, than tend to forget about us colonials in the antipodes!!; February 5, 2007 at 4:55 PM
Anonymous said...: Now This one I like!

Matt (& Pip..no really!..ok just Matt); April 14, 2007 at 10:49 PM

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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.