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Creating a bee-friendly garden
By Janet Luke • December 28, 2010 • 2 comments
Honey bees are important for the pollination of all our fruits and berries and many of our vegetables crops. They don’t need us, but we certainly need them. More …
Harvesting the honey
By Janet Luke • December 14, 2010 • 0 comments
Honey is one of the few foods that will never decay. Honey thousands of years old has been found in the Egyptian pyramids buried with the kings. More …
Varroa treatment
By Janet Luke • November 30, 2010 • 1 comments
Varroa is a relatively new scourge in New Zealand. It was introduced, by accident, around seven years ago. Varroa is a mite, the size of a pinhead, that lives on both the larvae and adult bees. More …
Keeping it legal
By Janet Luke • November 16, 2010 • 0 comments
Now you have your hive, and new bees, it is a legal requirement to register your hive. The reason for this is because once a year a beekeeper with special training will inspect your hive for disease. More …
Days of our hives
By Janet Luke • November 2, 2010 • 0 comments
In a colony there are three types of bees. The workers, the drones and the queen. Some have it sweet, but all of them get it in the end. More …
Catching bees
By Janet Luke • October 19, 2010 • 0 comments
You can buy bees, catch bees or if you are very lucky bees will adopt you! I got my bees by catching a swarm. Something for nothing is always the best way! More …
Equipment for the hive
By Janet Luke • September 20, 2010 • 1 comments
The great thing about top bar hives is you don't need all the extra boxes, frames and other paraphernalia that come with conventional hives. All the bees need is in the top bar hive. There are a few other pieces of equipment you do need to manage the hive, but these are things you can rob from the kitchen, or at least I did! More …
Right clothes for the job
By Janet Luke • September 6, 2010 • 1 comments
I love beekeeping—it is the only time in my life I have been a size 6! Being new to beekeeping I have gone for the full zipped-hood bee suit. Some may think it is overkill, but I really don't like stings. More …
Thinking of keeping bees?
By Janet Luke • August 9, 2010 • 9 comments
Meet Good's new blogger—the gardening, chook and top-bar bee keeping dynamo Janet Luke. Read Janet's first installment on getting started with your own top bar garden hive. More …
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