| Can you spot her? The queen bee [above] is the only fertile female in the Scutellata colony and therefore the only bee that can properly lay eggs of either male or female workers. |
| | New Online Bee tool Store!
The online store we have been working on is now LIVE!
It's a full ecommerce site!
|
| | | | | Keep reading articles, bee books | | | | | Over the course of the next 6 weeks we will be sending you tips, articles and news about beekeeping that will help you to better understand the benefits of bees for all of us! | | Our recommended first steps are that you get hold of the blue book, Beekeeping in South Africa which is available on our website by mail order or if you collect in Centurion.
As the first rains start to come in the Southern hemisphere spring kicks into action. It's the high season for beekeepers looking to maximise honey production and feeding helps bees to establish egg laying protocol.
Catching trekking colonies is major focus now to increase colony numbers in your apiaries.
Northern Hemisphere beekeepers should focus on getting their bees settled in and make final internal inspections to help colonies winter down.
Unless you have a winter crop it is wise to remove supers and provide bees with sunny positions.
Ask Questions & Visit our site to get info on bees, equipment and like us on Facebook! | | | | | | | | | | | Love bees but cannot make the bee course to get started? Get our Bee DVD by mail order for R320 excl. p+p | | | Watch our bee videos on keeping bees, harvesting honey and bee info | | | | | |
