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Next ACT Beekeepers Meeting, Thursday 10 May 2012
Meeting of the Association Thursday, 10 May 2012 – 7:30pm Our meeting will commence with “Beeginners Corner”. Then our guest speaker will be Laurie Kershaw a commercial beekeeper from Bungendore. Laurie has been president of the Southern Tablelands Branch of … Continue reading
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
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
Lemon Wine
Of Swarming bees and Lemon trees It was a Monday morning one spring day at about 11.00am when the phone rang, as it usually did around that time of day, to report yet another bee swarm. In Garran. “Be there … Continue reading
Melomel
1 kg. honey 5 litres water 700 g. sugar 100 g. raisins, chopped 1 kg cooking apples juice of l lemon nutrient yeast Boil the honey and water for 15 minutes, skimming off any scum that forms on top. Pour … Continue reading
Making beeswax candles
METHOD Place one sheet of beeswax foundation on a firm, hard surface. Measure and mark the outline shape for the candle design you have chosen, using a straight edge. Cut out the shape of the candle design you have chosen … Continue reading
Processing beeswax
Bindaree will, depending on demand, buy reasonably clean processed beeswax. In the processing we are talking about, beeswax is melted. Cappings from extracting, old combs, and scraps can be processed. A solar wax melter can be used to provide clean … Continue reading