Responses in Whatsapp Groups can often be simplistic ……and potentially …… dangerously misleading with serious consequences – look at this one! Beekeepers, Please Reflect! DO NOT just pick bees in a hive, from one county, and take them into another!!!! You could hurt the industry irreparably!!! While the uninstructed may argue there is no legal …
We recently received a great question, and beautiful photos, from a member of the Kilimo Bees WhatsApp group, in Kenya, Carol, a Beekeeper in Kitale, wrote to us asking… “I made some beeswax 👆using the cotton bag press method. After storing for some time I’ve noticed some whitish fluffy things developing in the wax. Any …
What is “B” – “Beewax Bloom” – Simon and Sons Beekeepers Vocabulary. Read More »
This is a good question, though not so obvious, yet one we often experience new beekeepers asking. Questions, framed in various forms including : Does the queen excluder go above the brood box or below it? I put the queen excluder above the inner cover, and then added the lid. Is that right? Ama niaje? What …
Bee Vocabulary – Queen Excluder – When to use it Read More »
Clearly, our Next-Generation Beekeeper had beaten me to it!!! I woke up to find this NextGenBeek, munching away at my breakfast …… of comb honey. I must admit, few things bring me closer to my bees than this nature’s perfect fast food—preserved, packaged, portion controlled, and ready-to-eat. …and so….. today, much as I had intended …
How NextGenBeekeeper changed Bee Vocabulary session Read More »
Weird! – that is the world of the honey bee! The importance of genes is nothing new to most of us. You certainly have heard of the importance of genes, how a mother and father each contribute their important element, and so on. Today, we accept, without question, that the mother contributes chromosomes from her …
Unique Fathers’ Day –Males with No Father Nor Sons – Honey Bees Read More »
If you are sensitive, easily offended, or a second- or third-year beekeeper, please DO NOT read this. ……Because …… During the just-concluded series of public holidays, I not only lapped up the opportunity and tied up a number of loose ends on various projects, in the beekeepers’ workshop, and apiary, but also set up another beekeeper …
Beekeeper Reveals – What I don’t know about bees would fill Honeypots Read More »
What advice would you offer a new beekeeper?” Seriously……. I don’t like this question – it is usually very polarizing and full of imagined pitfalls. Yet…. I will attempt an answer!! On Your Marks! To start with, I offer a pair of do-nots. Don’t spend your first year worrying about which type of hive to use (KTBH, …
On this day, Labour Day, May 1st, 2022, in Kenya, and other parts of the world, a lot of people get a day off from work. Because it’s Sunday, and being Labour Day falls on a Sunday, the following day, Monday, is deemed to be a public holiday. That is, if your job is not …
Applaud Bees – Every Day is Labour Day and Why Deep Dive? Read More »
Recently, I’ve been told the answer to any beekeeping question should begin with, “It depends.” Other beekeepers said it before me, of course, but I’ve repeated that advice thousands of times. The fact that people are now offering it back to me is reassuring. It’s nice to know it’s come full circle, that people are …
Today, we ask what it means to clearly communicate when attempting to impart any kind of – beekeeping – knowledge. Yes, avoid flexible words which end up in mushy, unclear thinking, and miscommunication in the world of BEEdom. I have got a feeling, an article about English to a beekeeping audience may not go down well …
