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Tag Archives: collecting
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
Beelining – finding feral nests
AN INTRODUCTION TO BEELINING by David Banks and Barbara WaterhouseAustralian Quarantine and Inspection Service Recent incursions of Asian bees (Apis cerana) into the northern islands of the Torres Strait and African bees (Apis mellifera scutellata) in Fremantle as well as … Continue reading
The Joys of Swarm Collecting
“Don’t lean out so far.” Pat was standing on a two metre retaining wall and reaching out over the lawn area to cut a branch and carefully lower a large swarm. I was standing on the stepladder and holding a … Continue reading
Spring is swarm time
Suppose you are driving along Captains Flat Road on a beautiful spring morning at around 11 o’clock. There is not a cloud in the sky and you have the road to yourself – or do you? Suddenly, on the immediate … Continue reading
Extracting honey – with no help from feral bees
Summer is the season to extract honey from the bees. Preferably, it will be a nice, sunny day with no wind. It must be hot, at least 28°, to ensure maximum honey liquidity. We didn’t seem to have many days … 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