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Introduction to Beekeeping

Introduction to Beekeeping. Session 5 – Beekeeping Year Sat 29 th /Sun 30 th March 2014. Introductions. Lyn Sykes Experience. Record card for beekeeping. Autumn September, October, November. Remove old combs Treat for diseases Varroa, nosema Look for other diseases Foulbrood

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Introduction to Beekeeping

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  1. Introduction to Beekeeping Session 5 – Beekeeping Year Sat 29th/Sun 30th March 2014

  2. Introductions • Lyn Sykes • Experience

  3. Record card for beekeeping

  4. AutumnSeptember, October, November • Remove old combs • Treat for diseases • Varroa, nosema • Look for other diseases • Foulbrood • Shake off all bees • Check food stores 30,000 workers 1 queen No drones

  5. Prepare forpoor weather • Bees cluster to keep warm • Use honey and shiver to generate heat • Wind, frost pockets • Mouse guards • Protection (woodpeckers)

  6. WinterDecember, January, February • Go on holiday! • Crisis time for the colony • Starvation • Watch the entrance! 10,000 workers 1 queen No drones

  7. Spring March, April, May • Colony increases rapidly • Monitor varroa levels • First inspection • Swarm control • 1 week inspections 40,000 workers 1 queen* 400 drones

  8. SummerJune, July, August • Many bees = excess honey crop • Remove crop in early August • Ensure hives are bee-tight • Robbing by bees and wasps • Extract the honey and store Up to 70,000 workers 1 queen Up to 1000 drones

  9. Extraction and storage • Uncapping • Extractors • Filters • Storage

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