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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”

English summary: Monthly weighing and all colonies but one is alive. A few (yellowmarked) have increased their food consumption considerably whihc indicates that they have produced a bit of brood. Unfortunately its too cold to open up and confirm. Vid vägningen noterar vi att alla samhällen fortfarande lever men nr fem har väldigt lite binContinue reading “23 Jan-månadsvägning”

English summary: Fisrts webinar of the year, chemical free mite control.Årets första webinar med ämnet kemikaliefri kvalsterbekämpning. Kemikaliefri kvalsterbekämpningden 1 februari 202618:00 – 19:30 (WET) Möteslänk: Kemikaliefri kvalsterbekämpning | Microsoft Teams | Snabbmöte-anslutning

English summary: In recent years, there have been reports of beekeepers founding there hives dead in the spring with no traces of bees. Some claim that the bees hence must have “disappeared” during the winter, obvioulsy left the hive despite the cold temperatures. Since the bees can’t survive a body temperature below 6 degree CContinue reading “13 jan: Nästan dött samhälle tomt på bin”