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HIVES NEED FEEDING AS MILD WEATHER IS CAUSING BEES TO FLY BUT FEW PLANTS IN...
Weather is more like June than January to the bees, except the flowers of June are absent so the hives could starve if they are not fed now. The weather today was an unusually warm 10 – 14 c. In ways...
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ONE BEE COLONY DIES BUT THE OTHER SURVIVES AFTER LONG WINTER – 1st wk in May...
The surviving colony of healthy well tempered bees housed last August as a swarm captured by John. With some trepidation, myself and beekeeping mentor friend, John Holland, approached my two hives in...
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FEEDING BEES WITH FONDANT – 4th wk in January 2014
Quickly placing a flat bag of fondant in the eek space at the top of the brood box to supplement the bees’ winter stores. With the temperature at present in single figures, the bees are clustered in...
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FEEDING THE BEE HIVE WITH BAKERS’ FONDANT – 1st wk in February 2015
Note the flat bag of fondant under the Perspex crown board. The eke ( half a roof one inch deep) creates the recessed space for the fondant. On top of this goes 2 layers of cardboard for insulation and...
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