Beekeeping like most occupations can be just a hobby with one or two beehives or you could have 1, 2 or 3 thousand bee hives! I started beekeeping with one hive in my back yard. It was a swarm collected by a friend who I meet at the Collingwood children
There are many forms of meditation, many cultures use it as part of their lives. I have tried a variety myself, the idea of being able to still your mind, relax, yet stay focused on just one thing and let the world pass you by is very appealing. People pay
I get asked why bees produce Honey and my answer is that bees like bears hibernate through winter and thus they need to have an accessible food source. So they have developed a method of both creating a food that won’t go off and a means to store it. Bees
The commercial beekeeping fraternity in general is slowly ageing and those commercial beekeepers that are lucky enough to have family that can take over the business are unfortunately in the minority. In the next 10 years or so older beekeepers will come to retirement some by choice others due to
Honey bees unfortunately have a number of diseases and parasites to deal with, not to mention the occasional predator. Bees have been dying around the world and this has sparked an increase in research and discussion about bee health. Could you imagine a world without bees. Food production would plummet.
There are many theories about the loss of bees, everything from wireless signals, climate, disease, parasites, insecticides and loss of habitat. I think its probably a combination of most of these stressors on the bees. In America bees are dying at some of the highest rates ever recorded—as high as
What can one say about a major paper like the Age, which we would expect both good journalism and some integrity in their reporting. Seriously was the editor asleep on the job and did the journalist think what the heck I’ll just make this as controversial as I can, to
I go and buy some lovely honey, it’s runny when I take it home and then after a while it starts to go hard, whats that all about? Does my Honey have sugar in it?How do I de-crystallise it? – Microwave?! These questions, all legitimate, have been asked of me
The newest hobby for backyards is beekeeping, what a wonderful thing. For years Councils wouldn’t allow water tanks, chickens and bees. Two of these being the most important things we could do for our environment. But keeping bees does come with responsibilities, as bees are a registered animal and must
Its getting harder to know what your buying when it comes to Medicinal or Active honeys. It all started with UMF which had rating like 5+ 10+ 20+ 30+ ect.But now we have MGO and the number look like 200+ 300+ 500+ ect.So what does it all mean and how
