Have you tried boiling the jug and pouring it on? Or place cloth down & use a hot Iron to melt, it should reatach to cloth. ... aluminium tray ... while my car...
Have you tried boiling the jug and pouring it on? Or place cloth down & use a hot Iron to melt, it should reatach to cloth. ... aluminium tray ... while my car...
Hello Everyone, We have recently set up our first hive. The hive has been going really well and we recently added the 2nd box with the queen excluder below....
Mortein ... From: Danny To: australianbeekeeping@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 6:58 PM Subject: [Australian Beekeeping] Help with Ants on...
I would suggest moretin is not the answer. A good chance of killing the hive. I would suggest using ant powder on the tracks outside the hive. Less chance...
When I set up my first hive I was told to greased the metal stand legs that the boxes set high above the ground on with petroleum jelly say like vaseline. I...
Hello Danny you need to clean the ant with brush and make sure the surounding of you hives and apiary is clean use need to grease/oil pole Maku Jackson ... ...
I have such an ant problem that I cannot use nuc;s in the summer as they get killed by ants. I spray the trails as they wind up the hives, they are especially...
I think 2 Hives generally or 4 hives in swarming season. ... From: australianbeekeeping@yahoogroups.com [mailto:australianbeekeeping@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf...
I am a new commer in the Bee/Honey hobby. I did my second harvest early March, 06. Achieved 65 kilo's. Last month November I went to harvest again, Not a Drop...
Which honey? Generics or branded? What is it selling for now? Trevor Weatherhead ... From: MSP To: australianbeekeeping@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday,...
Thought I should let members know that there has been some more information put up on the website. It is www.apimondia2007.com Things like the World Honey...
Bill, welcome to vagaries of beekeeping. It just means that the flora in your area is not flowering or if it is it is not yielding. For the main eucalypts...
... From: "MSP" ... Wholesale, by which I assume you mean farm gate, or what the packers are paying beekeepers, not what the packers are charging food...
Hi Bill, Welcome to the group. How strong were the hives when you checked for the honey crop? I was wondering if perhaps you might have had a swarm leave the...
Hi Trevor, The cheapest honey I've seen lately was $2.99 a jar at Aldi Supermarket on Kessels Road near Griffith Uni. The Jars were just the regular jam jar...
Graham 500g Homebrand in Woolworths sells for $2.99 but branded product e.g. Capilano is sold for $4.99. This price for the branded product has been the same...
Hi Trevor, Like I said "if people want to buy that processed stuff good luck to them" and I'm somehow denigrating the honey industry? How big a strawman do you...
Hi guys thanks for your replies, Sorry I wasn't clearer. My initial enquiry was in reference to what we might get if selling to a packer. The second comment...
Hi There People, I have been considering purchasing a 500 litre galvanized tank to use as settling tank and pumping the honey to it. Then eventually run the...
Why use a galvanised tank? I would go for stainless steel or food grade plastic. With the new food rules that are coming in, galvanised will not be an...
Hi (Thanks for your reply Trevor) I had contemplated using a 650 litre plastic IBC as a stainless tank is financial out of my reach but have been advised...