by DigitalEssence | Oct 27, 2019 | Education, Native Bees
Apidea at Cheviot Apiary – photo Justine Swinney In June 2017 Peeblesshire Beekeepers Association (PBKA) purchased two nucleus colonies of native dark Amm bees from Colonsay and set up an isolated apiary outside Peebles. The aim was to increase the number of...
by DigitalEssence | Sep 18, 2019 | Apiary Visits, Association Apiary, Native Bees
Elaine, Wilma and Peter visited the association apiary on Wednesday 18th. The main job was to put Apivar strips in for varroa treatment. For the records we used 500mg strips – Lot: 190344, Expiry: 02/2021 Minimum date for removal will be 30th October, Max date...
by DigitalEssence | Sep 8, 2019 | Apiary Visits, Association Apiary, Native Bees
Sat 7th September We had a good visit to the association apiary. A few regulars and some welcome guests turned up including some junior bee enthusiasts. Scroll down for the photos. Thanks to Janet for the notes. Inspection Notes from Apiary visit 7th September 2019...
by DigitalEssence | Sep 4, 2019 | Apiary Visits, Association Apiary, Native Bees
Here are some photos from Wilma showing some the action from this seasons attempts at raising native dark queens from the associations native bee stock. The hard work here has mainly been done by Wilma, Linda and David. These were taken when they were moving the black...
by DigitalEssence | Jun 3, 2019 | Apiary Visits, Events, Native Bees
Host: Kate Atchley 9th June 2019 (Cancelled) Sorry this visit has been cancelled. Hopefully we can visit Kate another time.
