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Perm-apiculture - the Natural Beekeeping group: December 2014
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Perm-apiculture - the Natural Beekeeping group. Natural, bee-friendly beekeeping on a small-scale. Laurie's photos part 2. Please click twice on "Older Posts" below to see the beginning of the story. The final set of Laurie's photos. Here they are. The PB fitted to the Warrre. The final product - note the. Possum bed on the work bench. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). The Perm-apiculture group formed in January 2011 as a sub-group of Permaculture Victoria (PcV). Join our mail list at: https:/ groups.yahoo...
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Perm-apiculture - the Natural Beekeeping group: The flow hive - the discussion continues
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Perm-apiculture - the Natural Beekeeping group. Natural, bee-friendly beekeeping on a small-scale. The flow hive - the discussion continues. I posted my reservations re. the famous (infamous? Flow Hive in the previous post. These reservations were sort-of ideological so maybe not convincing for many. With this post I am trying to go a bit more down to earth to look at nitty-gritties of beekeeping with the the Flow Hive. There is no need to look inside the hive or whatever, one can get stung, let's just t...
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Perm-apiculture - the Natural Beekeeping group: August 2013
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Perm-apiculture - the Natural Beekeeping group. Natural, bee-friendly beekeeping on a small-scale. I have received a number of enrolments to my swarm list. All those who emailed me have been placed on the relevant list (A, B, C and D) and in the sequence the emails arrived. At the coming meeting of the beekeeping group I will explain:. How you can get a swarm all by yourself, with minimum effort. They will come to you if you do the right thing and Lady Luck is on your side,. What to do if they do come,.
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Perm-apiculture - the Natural Beekeeping group: Welcome
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Perm-apiculture - the Natural Beekeeping group. Natural, bee-friendly beekeeping on a small-scale. Welcome to the Perm-apiculture website! The 'Perm' part of our name is 'permanent' meaning sustainable; practices which recognise and support natural processes. In this way we intend to keep bees (apiculture) in a manner which is in tune with their needs and with the environment. Happy bees are likely to be healthier and this will help them survive the challenges of our modern world. Bees know best what is ...
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Perm-apiculture - the Natural Beekeeping group: Small hive beetle - the clear and present danger
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Perm-apiculture - the Natural Beekeeping group. Natural, bee-friendly beekeeping on a small-scale. Small hive beetle - the clear and present danger. Small hive beetles (SHB) had arrived in Victoria. Actually they did arrive some time ago but they get more visible over time. USA beekeepers from southern states claim that for them SHB are worse than varroa. 1 SHB can easily enter hives, bees cannot stop them even if they try. Indeed they do their best but to no avail. 3 Bees chase the beetles, try to conta...
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Perm-apiculture - the Natural Beekeeping group: July 2013
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Perm-apiculture - the Natural Beekeeping group. Natural, bee-friendly beekeeping on a small-scale. Spring is in the air. Today I smelled the coming spring for the first time - a warm breeze promising new life, new flowers and new beekeeping season. Let's hope that it will be better than the last one. Gum trees had a year of lazy rest so chances are that they will decide to flower prolifically. Readiness in terms of a hive standing and ready,. I will run three lists:. List D - other. To enroll please emai...
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Perm-apiculture - the Natural Beekeeping group: April 2014
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Perm-apiculture - the Natural Beekeeping group. Natural, bee-friendly beekeeping on a small-scale. Are we into winter already? Under these circumstances it is time to consider closing the hive for winter. If you have Langs or Warre, see whether the top box is ready for harvest and, equally importantly, whether there will still be sufficient honey left for winter. Our winters are mild affairs but still - no nectar will come from outside so what is left inside must suffice. Or else. You never change things...
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Perm-apiculture - the Natural Beekeeping group: August 2014
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Perm-apiculture - the Natural Beekeeping group. Natural, bee-friendly beekeeping on a small-scale. Its Honey Bee Swarm Season Again! Here in Australia the swarms are out in force. It looks like a bumper season for increasing hive and bee numbers. Under exceptional circumstances it may be necessary to destroy a swarm, but this is to be avoided if at all possible. It is far better to capture the swarm and turn it into a productive hive and increase the pollination quotient for the planet. How long has the ...
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Perm-apiculture - the Natural Beekeeping group: Bee friendly?
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Perm-apiculture - the Natural Beekeeping group. Natural, bee-friendly beekeeping on a small-scale. Why 'Bee friendly' or 'Natural' or 'Sustainable' bee keeping? Isn't all bee-keeping natural and sustainable? When one starts out as a beginner/hobbyist beekeeper, one is tempted to think so. In recent years, it has become apparent that we have some significant issues. Of the way we humans live on planet Earth. This may also be applied to how we live and work with bees. In areas such as the US and Europe.
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Perm-apiculture - the Natural Beekeeping group: February 2015
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Perm-apiculture - the Natural Beekeeping group. Natural, bee-friendly beekeeping on a small-scale. The Flow Hive concept created quite a stir in the general community and even more so with beekeepers. Here is a point of view I personally subscribe to. It comes from Natural Beekeeping Trust blog ( naturalbeekeepingtrust.wordpress.com. I submit it for your consideration without any further comments:. We start with an extract from a piece. That appeared on this blog a while ago:. The combs are, after all, a...
