Happy new year! I did a very small (single frame) honey harvest on about the 17th December to get a couple of jars of honey for xmas gifts. I would have done more, but there was only one…

I took my Macro lens out to the apiary last week and tried to take some interesting photos of hive activity. Here are some of the better results – Enjoy…

My bees are a little late to build up for the season, mainly because three of the four hives are swarms I collected. The hive from the Nucleus I purchased is another story – In the last few…

I managed to get myself on a number of swarm lists, one of which the Auckland city council seem to refer to when they get Bee related phone calls. As of yesterday, I’ve now collected a total of…

I’ve been very busy over the last few weeks fencing off an area for my apiary and collecting a couple of Swarms. I hope to post some more bee info soon.

My bee suit arrived today so I was able to move the bees from their temporary five frame home into their final home. While transferring them I managed to catch a glimpse of the queen, so she’s definitely…