Don't let your bees become a nuisance.
Beekeeping in Urban areas. Backyard beekeeping is fun and rewarding. In urban areas, it has the potential to be a nuisance to your...
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Adelaide Bee Sales
- Jun 16
- 1 min
Brother Adam and the Buckfast Queen Bees: A Legacy.
Brother Adam, a Benedictine monk, left an enduring impact on beekeeping with his work on Buckfast Queen bees. His dedication and...
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Adelaide Bee Sales
- May 19
- 1 min
Winter Approaching 2023
We are currently taking an early winter break (southern hemisphere). All our beehives are wintered down and the last round of varroa mite...
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Adelaide Bee Sales
- Mar 18
- 2 min
Beekeeping Record Keeping: Diseases and Pests Series
I hope you are enjoying our Autumn Beekeeping Disease and Pests series. A note to our new subscribers... "welcome to the wonderful world...
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Adelaide Bee Sales
- Mar 13
- 2 min
Watch for Chalkbrood: Bee Diseases and Pests Series.
Beekeeping requires careful management to ensure the health and productivity of your bee colonies. One of the challenges that beekeepers...
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Adelaide Bee Sales
- Feb 27
- 1 min
Is your beehive expanding or contracting?
Expanding or Contracting? Do you have an expanding population of bees? Expanding population. More eggs and larvae than capped brood...
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Adelaide Bee Sales
- Feb 22
- 1 min
Feels like Summer but Beekeepers are thinking of Autumn.
Autumn Feeding The aim of Autumn feeding is to prepare your hives for Winter and give the bees a good start in Spring. Going into Winter...
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Adelaide Bee Sales
- Feb 15
- 2 min
Honeybee Pest and Diseases in Australia. Written by AI.
Not a bad effort! Honeybees in Australia face several pests and diseases, which can have a significant impact on the health of bee...
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Adelaide Bee Sales
- Jan 9
- 1 min
Summer Honey
What is happening in your beehive in January? The queen’s egg production is at its peak, maintaining a large brood nest and bee numbers....
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Adelaide Bee Sales
- Dec 3, 2022
- 2 min
Summer Beekeeping - the Longest Day
What is happening in the beehive in December? Summer Solstice December 21 is nearly here. With days of extended daylight, your Queen’s...
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Adelaide Bee Sales
- Aug 15, 2022
- 2 min
What have I learnt - How to overwinter hives?
Winter Coming to an End. As winter comes to an end, I want to share thoughts about overwintering beehives. The causes of winter losses...
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Adelaide Bee Sales
- Aug 6, 2022
- 1 min
What is happening in August?
In the Beehive. The days are getting longer with the Queen's egg production increasing, and the brood nest is slowly growing. The result...
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Adelaide Bee Sales
- Aug 1, 2022
- 2 min
Bee Swarm Fever
Bee Swarms Beekeepers, new or experienced, enjoy the thrill of catching swarms. Swarm season can start as early as August and conclude...
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Adelaide Bee Sales
- Jul 23, 2022
- 1 min
48 Days to go to Spring.
Mid-winter and looking forward to spring! Hi Beekeepers, I go through the same feelings every year. At the end of Autumn, I am looking...
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Adelaide Bee Sales
- Jul 14, 2022
- 1 min
20000 Queen Bees
Each year, approximately 20000 Queen bees are posted to South Australian beekeepers from New South Wales Queen producers. The Varroa...
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Adelaide Bee Sales
- Jul 10, 2022
- 1 min
Varroa Incursion - NSW, Australia.
Varroa Incursion updates 10/7/22. 38 premises infected. The eradication work continues. Stay up to date. Check the NSW DPI website....
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Adelaide Bee Sales
- Jul 4, 2022
- 1 min
Everyone is talking about Varroa.
Yes, everyone is talking about Varroa. We are two weeks into the Varroa Mite incursion centred around the Port of Newcastle. Varroa Mites...
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Adelaide Bee Sales
- Jul 1, 2022
- 1 min
Bee part of the "Fight the Mite" movement.
Bee part of the "Fight the Mite" movement! What can I do in SA❓ 1️⃣ Learn how to do the Alcohol Wash method for detecting varroa mite on...
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Adelaide Bee Sales
- Jun 26, 2022
- 1 min
Have you heard of the Varroa Mite Incursion?
Varroa Mite Incursion. On June 22nd, varroa mites were discovered in sentinel beehives at the Port of Newcastle (NSW) and a biosecurity...
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Adelaide Bee Sales
- Jun 19, 2022
- 1 min
Winter Solstice but preparing for Spring.
The Winter Solstice is June 21 in the southern hemisphere. It is traditionally when the Queens egg laying is at a low point or ceased...
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