Contemplating Harvest
Arrangements have been made to harvest this year’s bounty of honey. First, clearing boards – basically a one-way zebra crossing system for bees that allows […]
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Honey Accumulation
It has been a couple of weeks since an update on the hive has been posted (vacation time). However, Three Counties Beekeepers have been busy […]
Sophia Queen Bee Marking
Today was warm and a little breezy at the apiary. The Sophia hive was inspected and all appears to be well within. The picture underneath […]
Bee Hive Monitor Installed
Thanks to Pauline and Alan, the scales and ‘Hive Heart’ were installed this evening. Testing is on-going but you may be able to see live […]
Delivery and Testing of Bee Hive Monitoring System
The bee hive monitoring system arrived from Slovakia last Wednesday. Only took a week from online order to delivery! A mobile data sim card was […]
Queen Finding and Marking
A bright colour ink is often used to mark a queen so that she can be easily seen and identified within the hive. A simple […]
Week 1 Checkup
One week since the bees were transferred to the Sophia hive: needed to check that all was well. On arrival in Knockainey around 11:45am, the […]
Transfer of Bees to Hive
A brood box with queen and bee colony was habituated to a location within the Knockainey apiary. The brood box contained frames with honey, bees […]
Bee Wise Blog
This Blog All BeeWise Blog images are provided by Vincent Casey Will detail the installation of the Sophia, electronically monitored beehive, in an established apiary […]