Beekeeping

[Solid Luck]

Hey Goldfreak. They are brood boxes only. Where all the fornicating and rearing the young goes on. If you want to get honey you'll need to put another box on top with some frames.

Lots of info on the net. Check it out. Do you have a local bee keeping club nearby? it's a good way to start.

 

[Goldfreak]

Hey Goldfreak. They are brood boxes only. Where all the fornicating and rearing the young goes on. If you want to get honey you'll need to put another box on top with some frames.

Lots of info on the net. Check it out. Do you have a local bee keeping club nearby? it's a good way to start.

If I knew it was just place of "fornication" and sleeze I wouldn't have had it in my garden :8 layful: I will try to locate some boxes for the top and more info.

 

[Mike678]

" Kings Cross " in your back yard !

 

[goody2shoes]

Hole new meaning to porn in your backyard :lol: :lol: :lol:

Let the bee's be happy in love

 

[Solid Luck]

The primary function of a queen bee is to serve as the reproducer. A well-mated and well-fed queen of quality stock can lay about 1,500 eggs per day during the spring build-upmore than her own body weight in eggs every day. She is continuously surrounded by worker bees who meet her every need, giving her food and disposing of her waste. The attendant workers also collect and then distribute queen mandibular pheromone, a pheromone that inhibits the workers from starting queen cells.[12]

The queen bee is able to control the sex of the eggs she lays. The queen lays a fertilized (female) or unfertilized (male) egg according to the width of the cell. Drones are raised in cells that are significantly larger than the cells used for workers. The queen fertilizes the egg by selectively releasing sperm from her spermatheca as the egg passes through her oviduct.

 

[Goldfreak]

Hole new meaning to porn in your backyard :lol: :lol: :lol:

Let the bee's be happy in love

So what's the old meaning? :8 :lol: your garden must be more interesting than mine layful:

 

[goody2shoes]

I am on the beach so I have nasty sandflies :argh:

I find bee's very interesting how there is a queen with all her slaves

 

[Goldfreak]

I am on the beach so I have nasty sandflies :argh:

I find bee's very interesting how there is a queen with all her slaves

I will just shut up now or will get in trouble again.... :argh:

 

[Solid Luck]

Yeah, it's a bit of a weird living arrangement they have :argh:

 

[Solid Luck]

Didn't get that hive today. Hopefully tomorrow.
In the meantime they have settled into their box for a few days.

 

[goody2shoes]

Can they breath?

It would be dark in their

 

[Harbourmaster]

Hey Goldfreak, It wouldn't hurt to make the back of the hive higher than the front so any condensation doesn't,t pool at the back of the hive unless they have drain holes in the bottom. Nice to have them up on stands it makes them easy to work especially as you get older.

 

[Goldfreak]

Hey Goldfreak, It wouldn't hurt to make the back of the hive higher than the front so any condensation doesn't,t pool at the back of the hive unless they have drain holes in the bottom. Nice to have them up on stands it makes them easy to work especially as you get older.

Thanks for the advice. I will check for drain holes. They are very well constructed and sturdy boxes and legs. I think I was lucky to get them for free. I will make a nice little concrete pad for them later and check the levels. Judging by what I have read in this thread so far I still have a great deal to learn about them. Fascinating creatures aren't they.

 

[Solid Luck]

Can they breath?

It would be dark in their

They'll be fine Goody. Too busy keeping themselves amused. Main thing is the queen stays there till I get the new hive.

 

[Solid Luck]

Stupid bees. Had to get up at 4 so I could move this hive in the foreground of my property.
They will pay when I rob them.

 

[Lesgold]

Hi Folks,

Lockdown does make you get in and tackle some of those essential jobs around the yard. Springtime for me means a lot of play time getting hives prepared for the coming honey season. Just finished a short YouTube clip on how I recycle plastic foundation sheets and use the bees to do a lot of the hard work for me. Thought it might be of some interest to fellow housebound prospectors.

Cheers

Les
[video=480,360]https://youtu.be/P4fWEIIKWFQ[/video]

 

[Lesgold]

Hi Folks,

Play time in the beehives again. Ive been experimenting with honeycomb sections just for fun. Heres a sample of what Ive been up to. Hope you like it.

Cheers

Les
[video=480,360]https://youtu.be/uK17ZRBdpcI[/video]

 

[Manpa]

Thanks for that Les, super interesting, looking forward to the next instalment.

 

[Greenhornet_au]

Agreed, very interesting.

Nice little experiment there with the "Honey Comb Gift Packs"

In the past I have researched a little about Bee keeping for schools, as I think it would be a great teaching aid, with your frames,
the kids could take a treat after being responsible for the hives.

What better way to encourage them than that ?

The clips on the frames makes me think you have wire through the middle to support the foundation in the holes.



Subscribing to your channel now. :Y:

 

[Lesgold]

Thanks Gh. No wire through the middle. The clips actually hold the plywood in place. Apart from a little starter strip of wax at the top of the circular section, the bees did everything. They are amazing little critters. I introduced a beehive to my school when I was teaching. I still keep hives in a paddock at the front of the school (a long way from the school buildings) Unfortunately there is no one at the school with the knowledge to run this valuable component of Agriculture. My next video clip will show the construction detail of this frame. Hopefully it will give a few people some ideas to develop this even further.

Cheers

Les