https://www.owhangobeekeepersclub.co.nz Buzzing about bees Sat, 22 Dec 2012 01:17:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://www.owhangobeekeepersclub.co.nz/field-days/awesome-club-field-day-saturday-22nd-dec/ Sat, 22 Dec 2012 01:13:39 +0000 http://www.owhangobeekeepersclub.co.nz/?p=159 A good turn out today from the club and we had as many as 15 people turn out. We met at the club hive in Onematua Road and inspected through both the existing club hive and the new club hive that we built out of a swarm the other day. Both looked pretty good and […]

The post Awesome Club Field Day – Saturday 22nd Dec first appeared on Owhango Beekeepers Club.]]> https://www.owhangobeekeepersclub.co.nz/swarms/second-hive-from-captured-swarm/ Thu, 20 Dec 2012 00:08:00 +0000 http://www.owhangobeekeepersclub.co.nz/?p=155 Last weekend the club hive swarmed and due to quick observation from Peter and Mary next door the swarm was tracked to a nearby tree. Ken was phoned and he captured the swarm in a box and kept the box closed up for 2-3 days to enable the swarm to settle. Rod helped us put […]

The post Second hive, from captured swarm first appeared on Owhango Beekeepers Club.]]> https://www.owhangobeekeepersclub.co.nz/swarms/captured-swarm-22-november/ Wed, 21 Nov 2012 18:13:28 +0000 http://www.owhangobeekeepersclub.co.nz/?p=137 Article below from Mary, who witnessed and photographed her hive swarm yesterday and pictures in the gallery of Ken retrieving it from a tree in her garden..interesting read.. Wednesday 23 November 2012 This morning about 10.30 I noticed our bees swarming. I kept watched till they settled & luckily it was in a tree in […]

The post Captured swarm 22 November first appeared on Owhango Beekeepers Club.]]> https://www.owhangobeekeepersclub.co.nz/field-days/club-field-day-saturday-27th-october/ Wed, 24 Oct 2012 08:39:08 +0000 http://www.owhangobeekeepersclub.co.nz/?p=131 We plan to hold a club field day at our Club Hive on Onematua Road at 11am Saturday 27th October. Weather permitting. The day will be a training day and inspection of the recent introduction of a new nuc to the club hive.

The post Club Field Day Saturday 27th October first appeared on Owhango Beekeepers Club.]]> https://www.owhangobeekeepersclub.co.nz/field-days/hive-update-15th-sept-2012/ Sat, 15 Sep 2012 04:32:36 +0000 http://www.owhangobeekeepersclub.co.nz/?p=103 Early morning hive inspection today as we needed to get in and check the hives before the predicted rain set in. Both hives are looking very strong. Peters hive was treated with Apivar last Saturday and today we did the same with the King Country Energy hive.   We decided that the hives needed feeding […]

The post Hive update 15th Sept 2012 first appeared on Owhango Beekeepers Club.]]> https://www.owhangobeekeepersclub.co.nz/field-days/inaugural-field-day/ Wed, 12 Sep 2012 07:43:47 +0000 http://www.owhangobeekeepersclub.co.nz/?p=41 The first field day of the recently formed Owhango Beekeepers Club was held on Saturday 8th September at our Club Hive location in Onematua Road, Owhango. The weather was not that great, a few passing showers but we had a good turnout for our first field day. We opened up our hive as well as […]

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