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Tag Archives: bee
Requeening with a division board
No need to find and kill old queen? Beginner and experienced beekeepers alike are often daunted by the prospect of requeening. Most other methods start with ‘kill the old queen’. A simpler first step is to create a nucleus colony … Continue reading
Requeening
Queen Bees are usually available from queen breeders each year from some time in October. Hints for introducing queens For high productivity, fewer swarms and gentle bees, regular requeening is recommended. Your queen will come from the breeder in a … Continue reading
Removing bees from a chimney
Removing Bees from a Chimneyby Paul Hooper Having removed a well established hive from the wall cavity of a weatherboard farmhouse, I was asked if I could then remove another colony from a blocked-in chimney in the same house. The … Continue reading
Bee Stings – Toxic Effects and Allergy
by Jim Wright AM, MD, FRACS, FACS (Dr Wright is a retired medical practitioner and a member of the Hunter Valley Branch of the Amateur Beekeepers’ Association of NSW) The first recorded fatality from stinging insect hypersensitivity probably occurred in … Continue reading
Starting with Bees
It was the dead of night. We were ascending the Kings Highway out of Queanbeyan. There’s a bend in the road, quite a tight one, just before the passing lane begins. Well it was that bend that did it! The … Continue reading