In June, you need to keep a close eye on your food stocks! Spring has been very rainy this year — it has been one of the toughest in the last 10 years. In this issue, you will learn the scientific reason why bees sting, find out more about the stages of beehive transhumance and, finally, some tips for a healthy beehive.
Find out what beekeeping work needs to be done in May and learn more about propolis. You will also learn about the benefits of the different queen excluders, before receiving tips when it comes to harvesting spring honey.
Find out what beekeeping work needs to be done in April and learn more about swarming. You will also learn how to wax your frames properly and what to do after a beehive has divided.
See what beekeeping work needs to be done in March and learn more about the threat to our bees. Also, find out about the benefits of rapeseed in making honey and note how to find the queen easily in the hive.
The second month of the year has already begun…
We will look at the work to be done this month and the benefits of honey plants for us and the bees!
A new year of beekeeping! On behalf of the entire API SÜDZUCKER team, we would like to wish you a successful year full of new opportunities and happiness, with plenty of nectar for your bees! Thanks to the many of you who follow us, we are able to support you for the fourth year in a row!
SIMAPI and BEECOME, the international beekeeping equipment fairs in France and Germany, are over. Those were wonderful events that brought together many beekeepers from all over France, Germany and beyond. Now it is time to get back to our beehives to feed the colonies with Apifonda candy (sugar paste). This month, I am going to present my methods for feeding beehives using sugar paste. How should you place it? How do you maintain the insulation? Then we shall take a look at honey sweets, a home-made recipe to share with the family!
We’re now coming into the season for beekeeper trade fairs and conventions. In autumn, FNOSAD and SIMAPI will be the key events for lovers of all things bees and honey. This may be an opportunity to find equipment for future investments (e.g. beehives). After looking at the work for this month, this article will focus on the quality of wood.
Professional beekeepers have finished their season while amateurs are sometimes a little behind on the harvest and above all on the treatment of Varroa. In this article, together, we will look at the month’s work to be planned before focusing on the bees’ fascinating skills.
30,572 tonnes is the amount of honey that French beekeepers produced in 2022. Shall we do better this year? Yet this does represent a considerable 55% increase on 2021. Will July’s drought have affected the honey in our apiaries? August is a harvest month, however, and it is time to take out all the frames. Together, we shall look at the month’s work to be planned before focusing on varroa mites in this article.
