Hive Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/hive/ Tales from a down-shifted family - Making the most of modest means in West Wales Wed, 24 Aug 2011 06:32:59 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cropped-favicon-160x160.jpg Hive Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/hive/ 32 32 2696646 Beekeeping – Testing for Nosema https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2011/08/beekeeping-testing-for-nosema/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2011/08/beekeeping-testing-for-nosema/#comments Wed, 24 Aug 2011 06:32:59 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=8709 It seems a shame to be thinking about winter already, but it isn’t far off and in order to make sure our bees are happy and healthy going into winter we need to start taking action now. At this time of year the beekeeper should be removing any honey that he/she can, checking the bees...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2011/08/beekeeping-testing-for-nosema/feed/ 1 8709 The Trouble with Bees https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2011/07/the-trouble-with-bees/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2011/07/the-trouble-with-bees/#respond Fri, 22 Jul 2011 12:01:45 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=8497 The trouble with bees is that you just never know quite what to expect! Our last inspection was pretty good, all four colonies in all four hives were looking up with queens, eggs and larvae in all of them, no signs of swarming and they were beginning to draw out empty frames and start building...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2011/07/the-trouble-with-bees/feed/ 0 8497 Another Nuc of Bees https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2011/05/another-nuc-of-bees/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2011/05/another-nuc-of-bees/#respond Mon, 02 May 2011 17:57:13 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=7840 Our second Nuc of bees arrived on Saturday evening. This time Jim brought them around and transferred them for us before it got dark. He did exactly the same as we did though so it looks as though we got it right first time. We now have two hives in the garden with a new...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2011/05/another-nuc-of-bees/feed/ 0 7840 Hive Update https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/09/hive-update/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/09/hive-update/#respond Tue, 07 Sep 2010 11:33:08 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=5834 Ann popped around the other day to check on the bee hive. Apparently the top super is empty and the 1st one doesn’t feel that heavy either so it doesn’t look too good. The supers are where the bees store their honey so the fact they they feel light means there won’t be much honey...

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