Author Archives: Ewa&Mikael

Short English summary:At the end of August it is time to prepare winter in and by using honey it is very easy and quickly done. But before we start we need to ensure that we have control af the mite situation and if we have to high infestation level appropriate treatments must be applied. OnceContinue reading “Bigården augusti, del 2”

English summary: In our forest apiary there is a huge Heather flow and the supers are bursting with honey in contrast to our home apiary where we have no Heather and hence no flow. Therefore we ahve stsrted to prepare for the winterin by placing all full frames in one box that later will beContinue reading “11 aug. slut på drag och tokdrag samtidigt”

Short English summary: We have had a surprise flow which is unusual for the time of year. The extracted honey was very dark and indicates that it is in fact honey dew, but unfortunately the heavy rain we had last days probably washed all the dew away. So, it is time to consider the winter-inContinue reading “Slut på draget och svarta drottningar”

Att göra i bigården i augusti: Augusti månad kan vara väldigt olika beroende på ifall det blir ljung eller inte och som alla vet blir det bara ljung vissa år. Ett år då ingen ljung finns brukar augusti vara extremt lugnt på drag och man skulle i princip kunna stänga igen butiken andra veckan iContinue reading “Bigården i augusti”

Vid genomgång kunde man se och känna att bina hade hittat ljungen även om inga större mängder dragits in än. Högsommarvärmen verkar vara på gång så nästa vecka hoppas vi på ett mäktigt ljungdrag. 400 m från kuporna har vi drygt 100 hektar ljungmyr så det finns plats för många bin.

Under förra årets varroatest noterade vi att vissa samhällen verkade rensa ut drönare ur kakorna då antalet tomma hål verkade öka. Vi såg också att de samhällen som hade drönarkakor med många hål också hade lågt antal kvalster i kakorna samt lågt nedfall. Hypotesen blev då att en del samhällen hade en resistans som gickContinue reading “Resultat av vårt kvalstertest 2024”

Short English summary: In our test for varroa resistance we count mite infestation in the drone brrod but it also gives avery rough indication of the total mite population in the hive. If we estimate that about 1/3 of the mites are found in the trap it gives the total population to about 2-300 sinceContinue reading “Räkna kvalster i drönar celler”

English summary: We have never experienced a swarm which we beleive is due to our preventive job where we create space for the queen by always ensure three empty combs in the brood room. Last week, however, we had a pickle since we noticed queen cells in a fairly weak colony and decided in favorContinue reading “20 Juli – Slut på Linddraget och överraskningssvärmen”

Short English summary: Heather honey is claimed to cause dysentery due to high mineral content and this statement is repeated in most books without any references to studies to support the claim. We carried out a test some years ago where we used 30-50% heather honey on 9 hives where all hives survived and inContinue reading “Ljung som vintermat”

English summary: It’s still in the middle of the summer but the planning for the winter should start. The bees want to have the foodstuff above them and they also need empty cells to sit in when it gets cold. Therefore we always use two boxes and fill the upper box with honey combs ,Continue reading “11 Juli-Planering för invintring”