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22-04-2019, 17:25 #11
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22-04-2019, 21:18 #12
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Re: Bee -keeping hobby- any members beekeepers?
Gert, try the flowhive system so you'll be able to maximize the harvest of honey with the least amount of effort
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22-04-2019, 22:08 #13
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Re: Bee -keeping hobby- any members beekeepers?
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23-04-2019, 22:55 #14
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24-04-2019, 20:43 #15
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Re: Bee -keeping hobby- any members beekeepers?
BBT have you seen the price of those things?
i recall a chap in Durban making a knock off actually now that I think about it.
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25-04-2019, 10:19 #16
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Re: Bee -keeping hobby- any members beekeepers?
This will be the most dangerous job in the world for me, one sting and I am a gonner. hahaha
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25-04-2019, 11:26 #17
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Re: Bee -keeping hobby- any members beekeepers?
Yup, I did. I was actually thinking about bringing one down from China. Alibaba has it.
Or alternatively downloading the schematics from the net and getting the pieces laser cut.
The only problem I foresee is where to set them up.
I stay in the suburbs with small land and even smaller gardens, these would ideally need to be setup on a farm or smallholding.
I wouldn't mind sharing the honey with someone in return for using their land
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25-04-2019, 19:40 #18
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Re: Bee -keeping hobby- any members beekeepers?
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25-04-2019, 20:32 #19
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This will depend upon which plants are to be found in your neighbours gardens. A few years ago I had a few lemon trees in my garden. A swarm of bees moved in, they eventually became problematic and I had the swarm removed. The chap who removed the swarm gave my all the honey. The honey was very pale in colour with a distinct lemony smell, but very tasty.
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26-04-2019, 06:28 #20
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Re: Bee -keeping hobby- any members beekeepers?
Reading up on bee-keeping as a hobby, I noticed the following: ''keep your bee-hives away from chickens and horses they hate the smell of these animals"
Can someone elaborate on this statement??How would people know that bees hate the smell of chickens and horses??
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