Testing your bees in now free, for the time being at least. You should send your sample of 30 bees or a section of comb if it is a suspected brood disease, for diagnosis. This is the only reliable method of disease detection.
Vespa Velutina has become an invasive species in France where it is believed to have arrived in boxes of pottery from China in 2004. Humans have been attacked after disturbing hornets; although the species is not aggressive it “charges in a group as soon as it feels its nest is threatened”. People have been hospitalised in France after suffering anaphylactic shock as a result of multiple stings. Because of hornets’ larger size, their sting is more serious than that of a bee.
Seán Duffy shows members Ian Speirs and Gerry Mac Eoin how to quickly make a pinewood NUC from scratch. No tea and cakes today. Straight down to work. Seán, chairman of the Tribes Beekeepers Association, builds his own hives and NUCs and agreed to give a small demonstration to a small group of members at the clubhouse on Saturday.
Mr Jim Ryan will demonstrate the art of using honey and beeswax in making fabulous soap, hand balm and lip balm. This is a great way to see how to make these beautiful items and will guide you in creating them yourself.
We have a new workshop on record-keeping and selecting breeding queens coming up on the 21st of February. This workshop will be of interest to
On the day, Jim will begin by showing the participants how to ‘clean’ wax properly. He’ll then go on to teach how to make the above mentioned products and will answer any questions we have along the way.
Some people who are interested in beginning beekeeping are put off from getting started due to the high cost of some new pieces of beekeeping
The hive tool is only one of a wide and growing variety of beekeeping tools and supplies from which to make a selection when starting
Honey is a natural product made by honey bees. Yes, of course, you knew that. But I think some of the things you can do
Preparing your bees for winter is not complicated or difficult but still many beekeepers overlook many of the little jobs that need to be done and even some of the bigger jobs.
This article will try to help you avoid some of the most common beekeeping mistakes we have seen. If you are beginning beekeeping, you are
The bee smoker is one of the most important tools in the beekeeper’s box, that and the bee suit. But it is also one of
Catching bees is a great way of starting a new hive and bait hives are a great way of catching bees. These pointers may be
One of the things that worry beginner beekeepers most in the early months or even years is when bees gather at the entrance to their hives. Novices immediately think that there is something disastrously wrong and that they have somehow failed. This is not necessarily so. But here is a…
Why would you even want to get involved with stinging insects in the first place? Well, there are several reasons. The original reason for keeping bees was likely for the honey. If you kept the hives nearby, you would not need to hunt around to find a hive and if you found one, you might have to climb…
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