Bees in September 2017
I started feeding on the 22 of August with 1 1/2l of the inverted syrup I purchased a year ago. I rung the chap from the shop where I got…
Feeding = Robbing
I am starting to think that this is going to be the case every time I feed my bees. Firstly once I started feeding I reduced the entrances, on the…
Feeding, inspections, …
On the 7th of April I mixed up syrup and got ready to feed, just prior to two days of rain, except with that came colder temperatures so it took…
Bees inspection the first of 2016,
It was about 2pm, I decided to do it later on in the day as it was warming up a bit too rapidly and the scent of honey was drifting…
Emergency feed!!!!
Last night after feeding the sheep I went to look at the beehives, Hive B, a small colony of bees from last year had lots of dead bees in the…
Feeding so far
Started feeding on the 21st of August 2015, I made a 2:1.3 mix, 2 kg of sugar to 1.3 ml of water. I usually feed a 3:2 mix but as…
Sun, Rain, Hail, Storms, …
We have just about had it all in the last two weeks, in between beekeeping we have been chopping wood for winter, making hay, generally keeping the garden in order.…