Perched in a lofty pine tree a dozen meters (around 30 feet) from the forest floor, Tomasz Dzierzanowski carefully removed a clump of dry grass from a hole in the wood and wafted smoke into a bees’ nest.
There’s a lot happening, Up On The Roof, these days, and keeping a few hives of bees up there fits right in. If your plan is to have an apiary in the air, before you get started there are some ground rules to keep in mind so you don’t have problems later.
Posted by eivindm | Posted in Europe, Technique | Posted on 23-08-2008
Tags: artificial insemination, uk, wales, weather
WALES’ ailing honeybee population is being given artificial insemination after a second successive washout summer which has seen numbers fall to dangerously low levels.
Posted by eivindm | Posted in Biology, North America, Technique | Posted on 18-05-2008
Tags: foraging, patties, usa
Backyard beekeepers and commercial bee breeders alike are starting to offer their bees low-fat, high-protein “megabee patties” that help make up nutritional deficits. Commercially managed bees are nearly always used in monocrops situations, where they might be feeding on nothing but almonds for a few weeks, then nothing but watermelon for the next few weeks.
Posted by eivindm | Posted in Technique | Posted on 05-03-2008
Tags: breeding, queen rearing
Many amateur apiarists are discovering that honey production is only part of the challenge and reward of keeping bees.
Posted by eivindm | Posted in North America, Technique | Posted on 24-11-2006
Tags: alaska, usa, wintering
Honeybees aren’t built to survive winter’s subzero temperatures, but with a shortage of bees nationwide, more beekeepers are trying to nurture the fuzzy insects through Alaska’s most notorious season. With parasitic mites preying on the U.S. bee population, the price of importing fresh bees to Alaska from farms to the south has risen steadily in the past several years.
Beekeeping extension officer in the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism, Hussein Msuya, said last week that although Tanzania’s honey and beeswax has reliable market for honey abroad, the keeping and harvesting methods leaves much to be desired.
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