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Hello Pat,

The wick you are using is too small... you need to use a thicker wick. I use a square braided cotton wick that I buy from kerzenidee in Germany (I am based in Australia). They are...

I've just harvested my first honey:) Just picked a nice warm and sunny day and shook the bees off the frames - then those that were still on the frames were gently brushed off with a soft paint...

Yeah David... it has been pretty cold and wet down here in Tassie... doesn't look like much of a summer.

We have a retail store here in Tasmania and have an observation hive. Ours is made of 10 shallow frames stacked five deep (ie. a 5 by 2 arrangement).

We find that the light does not bother them.
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Thanks for the welcomes!

Yes, Mark we are lucky that we haven't been flood affected here like those people in Queensland!

Sorry to hear about the loss of your hive. I took my first loss personally... my poor bees starved:cry:

But you learn and move on... needless to say it's sad to lose a hive... even if it was a...

One book and one article immediately jump to my mind.

The first is a book by Grace Pundyk called "The Honey Spinner". I'm not a big reader but this book had me hooked and gave a real good insight...

Hi,

I've been lurking around these forums for a little while now and thought I'd start to post a bit.

I'm in my second year of beekeeping. Being down here in Australia means our seasons are...