Subject: November Nectar Flow!

Beekeeping
November Nectar Coming!
 
The Next Nectar flow is upon us! 
Many crops that are fruit based have a secondary nectar flow when they flower after spring. Macadamian nuts are one of those and lemons are another... There are different times of flowering for different types of crops, orchards and even the bushveld. The trick is to choose apiary sites that offer a mixed variety of nectar sources with pollen if you can.
Our sites all offer a mixed source of pollen and nectar along with water resources in close proximity to the apiary site. Obviously we also keep to the by-laws as well.  We recommend you do to! Check them out on our site for your reference on By-Laws
Experts's advice
Our apiary site in Muldersdrift was not catching any trekking swarms. It was surprising as the two hived colonies we had on the site were rocking!
We nonetheless left our catch boxes out in the peach orchard (already with peaches that look awesome) resting on old pallets with 3 per pallet.
Our last apiary site visit here was just over 3 weeks ago. It produced very exciting results on the existing bee hives on site but nothing in the catch boxes. Then we had some rain.
As of Tuesday this week, our scheduled apiary visit proved to be good as we added a super chamber to our two existing colonies and they are pumping! Then we inspected the catch boxes on the field... Voila! We had caught 5 out of 15 catch boxes. Plus... two of them are so packed they need to be transferred to a complete langstroth bee hive.
Next Easy Buzzing Bee Course
We will be holding what looks like our last bee course for 2010! The bookings are already half full and so if you want to register your seat make sure you contact us ASAP!
Make a payment to register your place to avoid missing another year of starting beekeeping! It's only R650 for a full day of beekeeping with 60 min of practical learning when you open and work with a live bee hive colony while you put your beekeeping suit on!
If you dont have a bee suit, we can rent you one for R100 on the day!
Don't delay... Check out our bee course videos for some insight into what you can expect on the Easy Buzzing Bee Course on the 20th November @ 8h00 - 16h30.
Beekeeping Business Solutions
   

We now stock bee smokers with heat guards with either a round lid or cone lid and all of them are stainless steel.

Beeswax available in bulk now in units of 500g bars each. Limited stock available.

  

We are looking for viable apiary sites in and around Midrand, Muldersdrift, Centurion and surrounds.

Contact us if you have a smallholding with blue gums close by and assortment of other mixed veld bush.  

  

Seriously consider splitting your bee hives now using the strongest colonies and removing some frames as desccribed in our Honeybee Colony Creator Mini Report .

Remember, whatever preparation you do now will reap major rewards for the 2011 bee season!  
 
 
Contact us
 
Beekeeping
Glen Carlou Estate, Centurion
 
 Phone:
082 359 8787		 Fax:
086 50 33 055 
 

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