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. Southern Hemisphere: Work on getting apiary sites with haste! The bees are coming...
Aloes are fantastic forage for bees to grow fast. Also look for early flowering blue gum trees, then macadamia and other citrus that start to flower in August.
Get honey bottles and supers ready. Clean out the honey processing equipment. It's time to make some honey....
Warning: Bees get very aggressive on aloe pollen flows plus with Scutellata Capensis threat be on the look out for invading Capensis on Aloe flows. Tip: Only use one super chamber on the aloes at a time without double supering rather rotate the same super to avoid Capensis.
Northern Hemisphere: Harvest should be good this year with fair rains and loads of sunshine. This is a good combination for both flowers and harvesting nectar and pollen.
Take advantage of late blooming crops and fruit trees especially avocados, tomatoes, borage and onion.
Using an extractor will mean you increase the efficiency of your apiary as the bees will very quickly take advantage of just refilling the honey comb on the super frames instead of having to rebuild the honeycomb from scratch before being able to fill it with nectar again.
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