Thanks Kerry, sounds very interesting indeed!
Stefanie
On Thu, Jun 11, 2020 at 2:36 PM Kerry Dawson <kerrydawson99@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Hi Stefanie,
I wish I had the skills to have made it but no, it was made by Matt
Somerville, at beekindhives.uk/ . I introduced a prime swarm in early
May and they have built up very quickly since then. It has three entrance
holes at different levels and it’s very interesting to observe how they use
them. The top hole for in/out traffic; the bottom hole for fanning and
returning bees: the side hole for returning only. Fascinating!
Kerry
*From:* oxnatbees-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <oxnatbees-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> *On
Behalf Of *Stefanie Taeumer
*Sent:* 11 June 2020 14:05
*To:* oxnatbees@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
*Subject:* [oxnatbees] Re: Sticky Floor Time
Hi Kerry,
I have been looking up the Golden Hive, it looks and sounds very
interesting! Did you buy yours, or did you build it yourself?
Stefanie
On Thu, Jun 11, 2020 at 9:19 AM Kerry Dawson <kerrydawson99@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Hi Gareth,
What is the width of the bars in your mini supers? I’m tempted to make
some for my golden hive as they are a very convenient size to manage and a
modest extraction of honey, which appeals to me.
Kerry
*From:* oxnatbees-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <oxnatbees-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> *On
Behalf Of *Gareth John
*Sent:* 10 June 2020 22:47
*To:* oxnatbees@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
*Subject:* [oxnatbees] Re: Sticky Floor Time
About half of this comb is now in jars and will be distributed at one jar
per household around the village on dog walks over the next few days. It
will be a present from the bees to the gardeners, of which we have many. A
few are of the "dandelions are weeds to be sprayed" variety but most are
slowly coming round to seeing that the reverse is true and allowing floral
diversity results in honey arriving on the doorstep.
Gareth
On 10 Jun 2020, at 22:16, Ann Welch <ann.welch123@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Fabulous Gareth, beautiful comb.
Jar shaped comb lol, why didn't I think of that ha ha. So labour saving
and waste free love it :) :)
BW Ann
On 10/06/2020 15:34, Gareth John (Redacted sender grjohn for DMARC) wrote:
This is newly harvested tree blossom honey, fruit trees and various maple
hybrids. We often get a heavy flow. Two of my super insulated hives (Warré
cross section but golden hive depth) built up very rapidly and each gave
two supers of harvest. In total one yielded 12.25 kg and the other 8.25kg.
Still plenty left in the main hive body for the bees.
Gareth
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