Beekeeping highlights
Our first bees
Although we first had some bees late in 2007, it was April 2008 when we collected a 5-frame nuc to set up our new apiary in the garden. Pictures of us settling them in can be found here and for details on hiving the nucleus, follow this link.
Collecting Swarms
Photos and narrative on collecting our first swarm from our next door neighbour's garden can be found here or see a movie clip of hiving the swarm.
A swarm in July ... and another one!
Read the blog entry on Running in the swarm - on this one you actually get to see the queen walking into the hive. (The adjacent entry on this page has a recording of a strange noise coming from the bees.)
Swarming instinct - yes, our own bees swarm too.
Shook Swarms
Read what we did here.
Extracting honey
Uncapping the frames, extracting the honey and sieving into the settling tank - our second batch.
More images from the Apiary
The ladies of the apiary can be seen here.
A new queen in hive 1, marked green and our shy queen in hive 3 in the garden.
All of our 2009 queens at Green Lane can be seen here
Our branding.
Although we first had some bees late in 2007, it was April 2008 when we collected a 5-frame nuc to set up our new apiary in the garden. Pictures of us settling them in can be found here and for details on hiving the nucleus, follow this link.
Collecting Swarms
Photos and narrative on collecting our first swarm from our next door neighbour's garden can be found here or see a movie clip of hiving the swarm.
A swarm in July ... and another one!
Read the blog entry on Running in the swarm - on this one you actually get to see the queen walking into the hive. (The adjacent entry on this page has a recording of a strange noise coming from the bees.)
Swarming instinct - yes, our own bees swarm too.
Shook Swarms
Read what we did here.
Extracting honey
Uncapping the frames, extracting the honey and sieving into the settling tank - our second batch.
More images from the Apiary
The ladies of the apiary can be seen here.
A new queen in hive 1, marked green and our shy queen in hive 3 in the garden.
All of our 2009 queens at Green Lane can be seen here
Our branding.