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Klustrets uppbyggnad English summary: The bees need to keep the body temperature above 15 degree C to function properly and at a lower temperature than 10 degree C they fall into a chill coma. To survive the harsch winter in the north they have developed the cluster which enables them to keep a nice climateContinue reading “Klustret del 1”

English summary: With our Varroa managment method we target to always keep the mite population below the detrimental threshold and thus we can reduce the usage of strong chemicals such as oxalic and formic acid. We have completely banned the oxalic acid since it, in our experience, does not provide any positive effect to treatContinue reading “Oxalsyra i december – ett måste?”

English summary: Monthly weighing of the hives show an average consumption of 0,9 kg per hive which is considerably lower than october (2,7kg/ hive). All hives seem to be alive so far.Alla kuporna verkar leva och har gott om mat så det ser onekligen bra ut än så länge. Då det var ovanligt varmt iContinue reading “Novembermätning”

English summary: 28 of October, 12 degree C outside and a bit gray. A few bees arrive with Pollen.Idag har vi 28 oktober och det är 12 grader och lite grått ute. Tittar till kuporna och ser till min förvåning att några bin kommer med pollenbyxorna fulla med gult pollen. Vad kan de dra påContinue reading “28 oktober – pollendrag”

English summary: October weight of the hives – all hives are in good shape. Dags för vägning och alla samhällen mår bra så här långt. Eftersom vi hade lite problem med cementhonung samt att någon kupa hade för lite mat i september så fick vi rumstera om litegrann och därför kan vi inte jämföra förbrukningenContinue reading “27 Oktober – månadsvägning”

English summary: This year have had many challenges and cement honey is one of them. We beleived we sorted all of these poor combs but realized that they can look fresh and shiny and still be very sticky. So, we had to check all colonies to ensure that no cement honey was left in theContinue reading “17 oktober- panikkoll av ramar”

English summary: When using honey as winter food one can extract honey in September and even in October and today we took 7 combs although we could have taken much more if we wanted. All hives in our forest apiary have now plenty of food, all are strong or very strong (record was 20 framesContinue reading “5 oktober- överraskningsskattning i Öxabäck”

Nu börjar lugnet lägga sig i bigården och det mesta stöket är över. Vi ställer alla tomma ramar i lådor och sätter en burk med ättika för att hålla motten borta, när kylan kommer löser sig det av sig självt. Alla matramar ligger i insektstäta plastlådor med lite ättika och kommer användas i vår somContinue reading “Bigården i Oktober”

English summary: Formic acid is sometimes needed if the mite population is way too big but unfortunately formic acid is alos known for killing queens. We tried a method where we lifted off the honey super and placed the queen there and put it back after one day when the concentration of formic acid haveContinue reading “28 sept. Lyckat Misslyckat test”

English summary: Some claim that it is impossible to have queens mated in the autumn partly due to no drones and partly due to low temperatures. Research have shown that a queen can fly down to 12-14 degree C if needed and if there is a flow drones will be kept quite late in theContinue reading “27 sept. Sent parade drottningar- en omöjlighet?”