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They can remember longer than three days. I have moved hives away for three weeks & still had a few buzzing around the old hive site. Probably old field bees. Yanta

Robbo,

I recently noticed that the finish on some of the traps is not very good. I have had one where a corner had come away which could have allowed access to a very persistent bee. I also saw...

Nick,

Try Australia's Honeybee News if you are interested on the commercial side. Published bi-monthly

honeybee@accsoft.com.au

Also the Australasian Beekeeper which has been around for yonks...

Jim,

There is a lot of good info at this link. Aussie context in terms of legislation but the disease is the same.

The youtube videos are particularly good in the first link under General...

Smoke!

Sabakhan,

If you want to keep bees for a long period you will need to use a smoker.

Life is just easier if you use smoke. Light your smoker up & practice away from the bees.

I'm in...

2766 views & 116 replies & no constructive criticism of my joinery work.

We had another 3 inches last night. 15 inches overall.

My bees are high & dry on their stands. Makes them hard to work...

I'll have to be careful about having dangerous thoughts in the shed in future.

Weather report - 12 inches of rain up to 17:00 Tuesday afternoon with the worst of it over.

Photos of the Nuc...

Well it's winter here in dear old Oz.

My part of the world is feeling the effects of an east coast low - just under 7 inches of rain since Saturday morning & a long weekend to fill in has found...

Unreal, great photos.

I'm sure others will contribute but you are going to have to get them on some frames with foundation or you'll end up with a jumble of comb inside within a few days.
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IN addition to the the two previous respondents, if you wanted to be cautious what would be wrong with introducing the queen via a queen cage?

Old English, I'll speak at your conference about anything you like. Return economy airfares to OZ & all the beer I can drink:D

The more you can put under them the better in terms of stability. Two or three hives can weigh a lot.

Heres some photos of mine

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Robbo did you get the Honey Bee News in the mail recently. There is some info on pages 26/27. Should be available now according to the article.

Thanks for the link.

There was a story on the...

This is how I move my hives a short distance. This one is moving away from a neighbours fence line onto a raised stand.

Strap it to a furniture removal trolley (cost me about $60.00 aus) Put a...

I also use them.

I run double 8 frame brood boxes.

I pull brood up from the brood box to remove old/dodgy combs & also to give the queen more room to help minimise swarming. The bees will...