Hi Martyn, i dont know what sort of space you have but the best thing i have is a milk vat as my honey tank, it is high enough to have the extractor...
Cheers Jason I'll have a look at one of those. Martyn ... thing i have is a milk vat as my honey tank, it is high enough to have the extractor underneath , i...
What is everyones preference, single or double brood boxes? One old beekeeper friend of mine used to have over 1000 hives says he always had just singles with...
Martyn We use 10 frame boxes and run single brood chambers with welded wire excluders. Occasionally in winter, I lift the excluder to let the queen come up...
Now that disaster is on the minds and lips of half the world's population and great outpourings of sympathy are flowing towards the victims of the Victorian...
Hi Martyn , A friend of mine runs 500 hives and has done for about 50 years , he is a third generation bee keeper , his dad and him used to argue about double...
Yesterday I was offered approx 500 used 8 frame boxes with frames. All need rewiring. Whats a sensible price to pay? unfortunately hardly any lids. Martyn...
Martyn Just a word of caution. If you do not know if the supers are disease free, it might pay to get them on a pallett and have them irradiated. The cost is...
Well answered, so far. But here is a little bit more in defense of the third beekeeper who had two ideas that both worked! It is all relative to what one is...
... From: "martynandtoni" ... Adding a little to what Trevor offered. Single brood boxes (with an excluder) are all the go in Australia. As Trevor is a queen...
Geoff, very interesting as has been all this information. I was deep in a double brood box the other day and noticed that while the top box was very full with...
Hello all. I was working in the Great Lakes district in central Tasmania at approx 3000 ft and was surprised at amount of what looked like die back in all the...
Anything like this in Australia? A beekeeper has been charged with selling food unfit for human consumption after his toxic honey allegedly caused convulsions...
Respected Sir/Madame, Greetings from PAS NGO, Andhra Pradesh, India. We are very happy to know that you are encouraging NGOs for betterment of community. We...
Every day in the papers we read about the economic downturn. Credit crunch, job losses, economic misery. How is this affecting beekeepers. Is there a downturn...
Martyn, we beekeepers live pretty close to the earth. We will do OK out of this downturn, unless, of course we are heavily leveraged, in debt and needing to...
Okay so its a difficult question. Even difficult questions have answers. It will vary with location , season , all sorts of factors. So what do you reckon is...
All of your statements are correct. I have little in the way of modesty, so don't know how to intrepret yours. My wife may be a better judge of how many it...
... better ... John I love that bit "My wife may be a better judge of how many it takes that I am!" I have approx 70 hives now and they all need splitting. I...
Martyn, I used my bees as the fulcrum of my career, as I did not have a specific trade to follow. So it did come about at times that I was willing to leave a...
Beekeeping and all that is associated with it, is REAL wealth. There is no dollar substitute for health, happiness and control over the means of production. ...
Good morning John Yesterday morning one thing after another went wrong around the house. Culminating in one of the cupboards that holds my home brew ...
Martyn had asked about the number of hives to be fully commercial. He suggested 400-500 which is in line with what most people say. If you are looking at...
I dont think the number of hives is the governing factor - I would think the most important factor in making a living from bees is knowing how to keep your...
Hi Les Here at southern Chile things are not good enough. Who knows why. To much heat? Dry conditions? To much UV? Global Cooling?. I have harvest 50% of ...
Hi Juanse Well things dont sound so bad for you over there hihi - you still have some time to get that last box per hive before winter - maybe - but I can...
At US$2.50 a kilo that would equate to about A$3.85 a kilo. Not bad Juanse. There is actually a book written in Australia by Kylie Tennant called "The Honey...
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