Beekeeping in Western Australia through different seasons
Early daysSmall beginningsGrowing slowlyHealthy hivesTaking a break from inspecting the hives; yogurt, blueberries, nuts & seeds, and plenty of honey!Bullsbrook, WABindoon, WABindoon , WABindoon, WAPemberton, WAPemberton, WAPemberton, WAUsing smoke to calm down the bees before opening the hive.Carefully lifting the lid.Ready to introduce a new queen to a nucleas hive.The queen comes in a small cage from a beekeeper specialising in queen bee breeding.Placing the cage gently between two frames.The queen will eat her way through the candy plug at the narrow end of the cage to enter the hive. By then the other bees will be used to her pheromones and will, therefore, not kill her.Flying out bees before taking honeyFirst hives on Canola The benefits of working in the bush!Capped Red GumFrames ready for extractionFrames ready to be extractedPacking Room with South West Floral, Bush, Blackbutt, Red Gum, Jarrah, and White Gum honey in settling tanks next to the honey creamerFactory-Direct Sales – 1/10 Lithic Way, Wangara
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