New to Beekeeping

[Oak]

Hi everyone,

Just posting a few pics of my beekeeping activities while on holiday in NSW. I am very grateful to the people who were willing to show me around their setup.

A look inside a hive:



Checking up on some queen breeding:



Some queen cages:



A "queen bank":



Nearby:



Oak

[prestonpaul]

Great photos Oak.
We are part of a fantastic community that always seems willing to share. I have yet to meet a beekeeper I don't like. I am sure there is the odd bad egg out there but I think they are fewer and further between than in the non beekeeping world  :-D

[Oak]

Thanks prestonpaul,

Yep, beekeepers are a friendly bunch.

[Oak]

Well I know what I am doing every day for the next month:



I am moving this hive to where my other hives are, three feet a day. I just hope the bees don't mind being smoked once a day.

[Leather Jim]

Why smoke them?

[Oak]

Hi Jim,

Not sure I would be brave enough to push the hive without smoking it. Wouldn't it make the guard bees aggressive being disturbed without smoke?

Oak

[yantabulla]

Smoke is your friend Oak

[Wombat2]

I'd lock in at night - move them all the way - put a bushy branch in front of the entrance so it confuses them a bit and they reorient themselves when you let them out next morning.

[Oak]

Thanks yantabulla,

I will definitely be using smoke

I'd lock in at night - move them all the way - put a bushy branch in front of the entrance so it confuses them a bit and they reorient themselves when you let them out next morning.

I may try this if I get fed up with the three feet at a time method. So far it's not such a hassle, but it is good to have options.

Cheers

Oak

[kalium]

FWIW I just wait until they've all returned, and then cram a plastic bag in the entrance before moving them. Works for me!

[CJ]

Hi everyone,

Just posting a few pics of my beekeeping activities while on holiday in NSW. I am very grateful to the people who were willing to show me around their setup...

Oak, what's the hose on top of the hive for?

[Oak]

FWIW I just wait until they've all returned, and then cram a plastic bag in the entrance before moving them. Works for me!

Thanks kalium, that's a good tip.

Oak, what's the hose on top of the hive for?

That hose is used to pump sugar syrup from a tank on the back of a ute. The syrup fills the frame feeder which is along the left side of the open hive in the picture.

Oak

[CJ]

Cheers Oak  :) Great idea!

[jayj200]

you can move them 50 to 100 feet, they will smell their hive. at night they all go home