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Sad update. 4 weeks ago, I checked this hive and it was thriving. 3 weeks later, this is what I found. Basically 90% of ...
09/05/2026

Sad update. 4 weeks ago, I checked this hive and it was thriving. 3 weeks later, this is what I found. Basically 90% of the girls dead or dying.

It can only be poison. They found a food or water source that bad been contaminated and brought it back to the hive.

The remaining bees will hopefully join the healthy hive and get a second chance at life.

On a good note.... the other hive is so healthy at the moment with epic amounts of brood. Fingers crossed. šŸ

18/02/2026

So i got a call from the Queen Bee yesterday as the girls were a bit frisky and she was worried that they might be getting ready to swarm. Bees use vibrations from their wings to communicate and also cool the hive. It is bloody hot so I'm pretty sure this is just nature's air-conditioning in action.

11/12/2025

Emergency health-check & unexpected harvest tonight after a huge swarm today. Seems that there is no room at the inn so the girls had to move on.... wish we had done this a couple of weeks ago. Learning....

23/11/2025

When the day is spectacular and the ladies are making the most of it.

17/11/2025

Part 3 - Melbourne cup day. Went to the gym, came home ready to do a split. Open the hive and the girls are cranky! They get into my suit and Charlie Bryce Madgwick watches me run faster than I have in years. Small amount of surgery required to remove sinners and an antihistamine later.... Beeman is back into it.

Took this video before the girls got me.

Hives are looking ok. Lots of activity so fingers crossed the split is OK. Will check in two to the week's.

Stay tuned.

Part 2 - Fast forward to late October and the signs are clear, the girls want to swarm. There are lots of drones and swa...
17/11/2025

Part 2 - Fast forward to late October and the signs are clear, the girls want to swarm. There are lots of drones and swarm cells. I wasn't ready to split them so I started to build a plan.

My cousin Emily Jane Griffen was here with her two fantastic honey living kids so I robbed a couple of frames so that we could have a little play with the spinner. A few kilos later and all were happy.

Part 1 - So i haven't posted in a long time, I'll try and catch everyone up. This photo is from September and I had Char...
17/11/2025

Part 1 - So i haven't posted in a long time, I'll try and catch everyone up. This photo is from September and I had Charlie Bryce Madgwick cousin Katherine Fenton from the UK hanging out with the girls and I.
We found small signs of swarm activity but aside from that, the hive was healthy and strong.

The photos to go with the videos. Great amount of brood and fresh larvae. Couldn't see the Queen but so much evidence th...
14/09/2025

The photos to go with the videos. Great amount of brood and fresh larvae. Couldn't see the Queen but so much evidence that she is around. There has been a lot of action in the hive over the last month.

14/09/2025

Video 2. Might be a trigger for some people.

14/09/2025

14th September. Video 1.

Good little inspection today. Plenty of brood, pollen and honey. Fiesty girls in In second video. Bookface would only let me post one at a time.

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