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By Marcia Meehan.
My honey bees Apis mellifera, are precious in more ways than one. . . Some people understand that without our food plants being pollinated, except for the likes of rice and some cereals, …
My honey bees are happy all summer – sunshine, a little rain, enough so the flowers will release their nectar and the pollen doesn’t get washed away . . . what more could a girl …
For the hobbyist beekeeper, the winter months tend to be a time to reflect, read and maybe come up with a brilliant idea or two! I am not very good on the `ideas` front, but …
Honey bees snuggle-up during the colder months, they don`t actually hibernate like bears do, but gather into a ball-shaped mass close to the stored honey and pollen that they have collected, (supposedly plenty has been …
Bees are ingenious little creatures – they will make a home anywhere it suits, including a starling box in a beautiful English garden, and under the roots of an Alder tree down by the Waikato …
The bee hive is constantly busy – actually, that is the mother of all understatements. The queen lays up to 2000, yes, that is two thousand, eggs a day during the spring and summer, …
One of the wonderful things about owning a TopBar hive full of industrious bees, is the abundance of beautiful, clean wax you have left after draining all the honey out. It is so much nicer …
I am always on the lookout for kinder, more sustainable ways of beekeeping, I believe TopBar hives are the way to go for people keen on keeping bees in a more natural environment.
I first read …
This time of the year if the weather has been kind, is the time to collect honey from your hive. Hopefully the bees have been busy doing what they do best and bringing back plenty …
You Keep What??
This is the question I have had asked of me many times since I first put the idea of keeping bees out there. Some of the folks were finally convinced that …
