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Category: Beekeeping Equipment

16th May 202024th June 2020 Jim Beekeeping Equipment, Featured, Making Increase

Two new hives placed at an out apiary today, I have 8 more new hives that need bees - I'll be making a few more splits to fill them, so not expecting much in the way of a honey crop this year. I guesstimate that I have about 100lb of honey to extract at the … Continue reading

12th May 202024th June 2020 Jim Beekeeping Equipment, Featured, Maintenance

New Hives

Today's score, two brood boxes, six supers, two floors and two roofs. I have five roofs, five floors and two brood boxes left to make. Hopefully I can get to B&Q and get some paint for them soon.

3rd January 2020 Jim Beekeeping Equipment, Featured, Honey

Supers Warmer

My new Supers Heater Trolley from Abelo arrived this morning, so I hope to be able to warm up the supers that are in my bee shed so that I can extract the honey, somewhat later than planned. To use, you stack your supers on this heated platform to warm them for extraction. The heavy … Continue reading Supers Warmer

12th October 201829th December 2018 Beekeeping Equipment

A New Dimension to My Beekeeping – Microscopy

  I recently purchased a microscope, mainly to use for checking samples in our hedgehog rescue, but also to add a new string to my beekeeping bow. The kit I purchased comes with a USB ocular, so that I can look at, and take pictures via my computer monitor. Here are a few pictures of … Continue reading A New Dimension to My Beekeeping – Microscopy

15th September 20189th December 2018 Beekeeping Equipment

Spending Money made from honey

Today was the day to collect the new beekeeping equipment I had pre-ordered from E.H Thorne's open day at Stockbridge in Hampshire, it's an hour and a half drive up, but it was a lovely day for it. It was nice to meet several members of the local beekeeping association there too - and the … Continue reading Spending Money made from honey

31st August 201810th December 2018 Beekeeping Equipment, Hive Husbandry, Maintenance, Queen Rearing

End of season work

I'm taking advantage of the decent weather and painting a load of new poly mating nucs so I think it's time that I tidy up the stands for them too - 'insect friendly' paint being used, of course. I also have some new Maisemore's 6 frame poly nucs to paint. I use Valspar "Oxford Blue' … Continue reading End of season work

22nd August 201810th December 2018 Beekeeping Equipment

Bargain!

I bagged myself a bargain on eBay yesterday, and it has just arrived. A nice 27 litre capacity electric wax melter, that can also take a 30lb bucket to soften or re-liquify honey. It is virtually identical to the well known Kochstar wax melter, and is sold at a similar price. It is usually on … Continue reading Bargain!

16th August 201810th December 2018 Beekeeping Equipment, Feeding, Hive Husbandry, Maintenance

Autumn Jobs

By now, most beekeepers will have finished the harvesting of the honey,  unless they get a second honey flow from plants such as balsam and heather. The Ivy will start to flower soon, and provide more nectar, but it is a very bitter honey and many don't take it but instead leave it for the … Continue reading Autumn Jobs

25th July 201811th December 2018 Beekeeping Equipment, Hive Husbandry, Inspection, Making Increase, Queen Rearing

New Queen, New Palace

I moved the nucleus colony with my new breeder queen into a full-sized hive today, it was too hot to wear a bee suit or jacket, so I wore just a hat and face veil. I'm pleased to say that even though my smoker was lit, and on standby, I did not have to use … Continue reading New Queen, New Palace

24th June 201814th December 2018 Beekeeping Equipment, Inspection, Queen Rearing

Queen Marking

Finding The Queen Generally this poses a problem for beginners, as indeed for some of the more seasoned beekeepers, who are not accustomed to examining their colonies on a regular basis. Perhaps the ability to spot the queen may be described as a gift, which comes with experience in the routine handling of bees. The best … Continue reading Queen Marking

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