Author Archives: Ewa&Mikael

English summary: We equipped a number of colonies with temp and humidity sensors with some interesting results. We can see that the temperature below the cover always stay above the freezing point with no condensation under the cover regardless of ambient temperature (down to -15 C) and no impact of the location of the bees.Continue reading “13 Mars- samanställning av temperaturgrafer”

English summary: We have two apiaries, one in a mild coastal climate and one in a bit more harsch inland climate. We tend to see that the humid coastal climate give worse overwinters of the bees so the hypothesis for this test is that a dry cold climate is better than a mild and wetContinue reading “Kyla eller fukt – vad är värst för bina?”

English summary: We attended a conference of our native black bee where the head speaker gave a lecture on the benefit of the “rare alleles” meaning hidden traits that may re-appear when needed. As an example re-capping whihc is one mayor defence against Varroa which would have regarded as completely useless post Varroa and asContinue reading “Konferens Nordiska bi”

English summary: !0 degree C and sunny wheather which means a perfect day for a quick spring check where we clean the bottom and replace eventual moldy combs. One hive was mega big and nearly filled two boxes. We had to add two combs of honey to ensure they have enough food for all theContinue reading “9 mars: vårinspektion”

English summary: We hosted a webinar on the tasks and hurldes during March and April. We also carried out the Monthly weighing where we can see that all coonies are alive, some of them are producing a lot of brood and hive no 13 is a bit weak and might not survive the last toughContinue reading “1 mars – webinar “Att göra i mars och april””

Englis summary: First cleansing flight for the year.Första rensningsflykten trots bara 7 grader ute. Men det var bara några samhällen som flög idag och eftersom det var de som är starkast är min hypotes att de starkaste samhällena klarar av att hålla hela kupan varm vilket då möjliggör tidigare flygning.

English summary: A new chapter of my bee book is available.Arbetet med biboken går framåt och nu finns ett nytt kapitel att läsa för den som är intresserad. Ge gärna feedback.

English summary: There is no doubt that insulation help the bees survive better and thus we decided to increase the insulation in our forest apiary from 50 mm to 100 mm. Efter att ha sett hur otroligt mycket bättre bina mår i välisolerade kupor tog vi tillfället i akt att lägga på lite mer isoleringContinue reading “9 feb. Tilläggsisolering i bigården”

English summary: During the sync of the tempsensors I took this image of one hive, where the colony now have moved to the upper part since it is warmest there. The temp reading is 15 degree so a good place for the outer part of the cluster to be. Food consumption was 1,2 kg duringContinue reading “5 Feb. Fortfarande spänstiga kluster som sitter löst”

English summary: The old theory say that the bees is clustret together and can’t move sideways. The only possible way is up and the cluster will move upwards as they eat the honey store. If tehy reach the roof they might starve even if there are plenty of honey on the sides. On the contrary,Continue reading “25 jan. I isolerade kupor sitter bina löst”