Firewood Gathering & Little Surprises

[cobblerdave]

Re: Firewood Gathering & Little Surprises

Gudday Steve
I'm interested in the new style box with the super to collect home without disturbing the hive. I do collect a little honey in a small jar in the roof of the hive but its precious little.

This is the small jar, no honey pots,yet, but is full of bees and wax so the box is full and ready to split. Ill leave it a month so the small jar is full and then I'll split it. It already has a good home to go to plenty of flowers and vegetables and area of natives behind it. Only problem is I usually keep the top box due to the danger of the top box brood being dislodged during transport . I'll want to keep the bottom box so I can fit a new type with the super on top.
Apparently though a latticework of masking tape on the top of the empty box will do it. Only one way to find out.
Regards dave

[cobblerdave]

Re: Firewood Gathering & Little Surprises

Gudday
made some new boxes and starting to split and rehome 3 hives

This is the new version of the standard Oath box with a super so honey can be collected

Shows my home hive which is full as you can get, perfect and healthy. Ill box up two hives out of the one. One stays in my yard and the other is off to a new home. It will be perfect for them , a creek behind them and a school full of natives across the road. Ill check it now and then and split it in a years time. and the cycle continues with that one off to another new home

One down and two more to split all have been promised and have good homes.
If I can keep up with the box making I have Brisbane repopulated with native bees within 10 years I recon
Regards Dave