Intended for bee-ginners to get some hands-on experience in regards to bees.
5 People turned up.
They predicted a 40-60% chance of rain, but luckily it stayed dry.
After some talks and a quick tour through the garden, we set down, drank something and talked some more.
We then tasted 3 different kinds of honey, put on our suits and started doing a cutout of a swarm trap into a wooden medium box.
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In the tree in the back you can see the swarm trap.
We fired up the smoker and gave them some puffs
Inspecting the first piece of comb
Showed the others some of the things to look for.
Tying in the first piece of comb in the frame with rubberbands
Some of the others took turns cutting the comb and putting them into frames.
Almost done with the cutout
Bees are starting to find their way in the wooden box
I am under the impression everybody had a great time. I hope we didn't kill too many bees.
I certainly enjoyed it.
Thanks you all !
Danny
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