Beekeepers love their equipment. Both bought and home made.
OK so the time has come to add a super to the Yellow Hive. This was the first time adding to the set-up so thought it would be interesting. Process was as easy as I had anticipated. I filled the super with cutcomb frames as they are the only ones I have for the shallow … Read more
Anyone who knows me or has read my blogs will now that I LOVE my poly hives. I am a great fan of the Paradise Honey solution but it is time to try something new. Can I keep my core requirements and improve on the function? In all cases functionality comes first. As a beekeeper … Read more
I like poly hives as they are hard wearing, warm in winter cool in summer and very productive as the bees spend less energy controlling the temperature which could result in a better harvest. I tend to get better through winter results using these hives than I do from the wooden ones and the bees … Read more
Tonight I tried the kit for the bee venom extraction. I tried to take pictures but it is really hard with lots of flying bees and not being able to take my gloves off to work the touch screen on my phone! The glass sheets were cleaned and disinfected prior to use using the C11food … Read more
OK so the batteries on the scales have been no end of a pain for the operation. Taking the hives off the scales to return the full set of the scales to home, to open the box with it’s tiny screws and plug it into a USB for charging is no end of FAF, especially … Read more
It has been a strange year this year with a very early start and a lot of flow in June. The red poly hive (RPH) was busting at the seams with honey and had a weight recorded of 60 Kg. This to me is a sign that the hive need emptying so i decided to … Read more
I am going to give a bee venom harvesting a go. I am always on the look out for ideas and products that can help me to get more out of the efforts that need to go into keep my bees happy and healthy. This has been a long time coming but finally I have … Read more
OK so this one has proved to be a lot of fun and is a long and drawn out story. I had a call about a swarm of bees in n apple tree in Horsham. This was going to be fun! The swarm had entered and gone up deep into the tree so that my … Read more
OK so every beekeeper will know that you can NEVER have enough storage for all your equipment. If you have enough storage then you simply don’t have enough equipment!! I have been looking at using some of the outside storage for the old boxes, feeders, queen excluders etc. and stuff. My wood shed was built … Read more
Important going into winter that the hive hearts are operating properly. You may have noticed that the data was becoming more and more sporadic on the site as the batteries ran out. It was therefore time to get in there and change the batteries. Should be a really easy thing but I had typically made … Read more
