Author Archives: Ewa&Mikael

Englis summary: It’s now time to focus on the bees need for winterfood. Our method is to collect frames each week as they are produced and save the ones we are sure contain proper honey (I.E not fast chrystallizating honey such as Canola). We aim for about 5 frames per colony, stored in our plasticContinue reading “5 Juli”

English summary: We inspected 20 colonies during one of the hottest days this year. We found egg laying queens in two of our big colonies that wanted to swarm (we stopped it) and in one case supersedure of the queen. In both cases we suspected failed mating since the bees were a bit irritated butContinue reading “30 juni – stor genomgång”

När man ska få ut det sista ur hinken behöver man en tredje hand för att säkert luta hinken medan man slevar ur det sista. Vi använder denna superenkla konstruktion bestående av två plattor med gångjärn samt en stopp så inte hinken ramlar ur. Tar 1 timma att bygga och förenklar hanteringen avsevärt.

English summary: When we marked one of the new queens she got too much paint on her and when we returned her she seemed very unsteady, and could barely stand up. After a few mnutes she was fine again and a week later we saw no issues with her. Most likely she got a doseContinue reading “28 juni – partydrottningen”

English summary: I just recieved my bee book from the printing press. Idag var en stor dag för mig då jag kunde hämta hem boken från tryckeriet. Givetvis är jag jävig men jag tycker resultatet blev riktigt bra med lättläst text samt bra kvalitee på bilder, grafer och diagram. För den som är intresserad finnsContinue reading “15 juni- vår bibok är tryckt”

English summary: We usually get Canola honey every year since we have huge fields nearby one of our apiary. Despite bright yellow fields and decent wheather we didnt get one drop of rape seed honey this year nor did we see any insects in the rape seed fields. The bees apparently found better sources elsewhereContinue reading “10 juni – rapsen som försvann”

English summary: In the previous part I challenged the claim that a brood less period would enable larger honey yield and in this part I go through the development of the bee colony from early spring to late autumn. It’s a fairly long article which can’t be summarized. So, one must use a translater forContinue reading “9 juni – Stora samhällen är nyckeln till stora skördar, del 2.”

English summary: This article cover the myth that a broodless period would a) be beneficial to the mite issue and b) give a higher crop. Its a long article and I cant summarize it without too much of the content being lost. So, unfortunately you will have to use a translater. Sorry. I den härContinue reading “3 juni: Stora samhällen är nyckeln till stora skördar.”

English summary: The rape seed is now in full bloom and the bees have found it which usually generates a good crop. When the bees have find a nice source of nectar they perform a dance to inform the other bees. Nu har bina hittat rapsen och de första ramarna skördades -med lite bra väderContinue reading “30 maj- raps och bidans”

English summary: A new method to add queen cell were successfully tested. Vi testade för första gången att hänga in en visecell med hjälp av aluminiumfolie och det fungerade alldeles utmärkt, en liten oparad drottning sprang på ramen. Inget mer komplicerat arbete med att skära ut kakbitar och nåla fast utan bara en bit folieContinue reading “Ny strategi som fungerar”