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Apairy visit 30th May 2015 

5/30/2015

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Queen bees with bees on honey frame
Can you spot our Queen ?
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Delighted with today's visit to the apairy. 
weather was not the best , cloudy and overcast with a temperature of about 11 to 13C and a bit breezy .Even with the wind chill factor dropping the temp a little , our girls were in fine form .  
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Apairy Visit 26th May 2015 

5/26/2015

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Queen wasp nest building 

5/22/2015

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Queen wasp - nest building

I spotted this beginning to start in the garden shed this afternoon - check your outbuildings
Queen wasp nest building
Queen wasp nest building
Queen wasp nest building
Queen wasp nest building
Queen wasp nest building
Queen wasp nest building
Queen wasp nest building
Queen wasp nest building
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A tale of two hands

5/20/2015

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A tale of two hands 

So i went out to help a friend with inspecting his beehives in an attempt to offset his bees swarming . The month of May is the start of swarming season when beekeepers all over the country get nervous about loosing their bees . 
It was great to helping and learning about swarm control , where we inspected 12 beehives and applied swarm control measures to at least 10 of the beehives. . 

After opening a hive and inspecting for both the queen , to see she was present and laying fresh eggs , and looking for new queen cells. If we found some queen cells we knocked them down . 

The hives were broken , where we added another brood box below the queen excluder , which had deep drawn frames - this was giving the queen lots more room to lay new eggs and would go towards helping her not swarm out of the hive. 

Unfortunately a few of the girls decided they liked my left hand - and just over a dozen of them stung my hand . Lets see how the swelling progress's over the next few days
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6pm 20th May 
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9pm 20th May 
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10am 21st May 
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3pm 22 May
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Honey containers 

5/8/2015

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Morning everyone .
Do you know anyone around the country who supplies plastic containers.

The type I;m looking to find out about are the one's similar to ketchup squeezy containers .
 

What I want them for is to supply friends and family around the country - with locally produced honey . 


They need to be plastic because most courier companies have issues with transporting glass jars of honey and I'd prefer if the container had a "honey" theme instead of the tomato theme. 
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Pic credit http://www.thegreenhead.com/2013/03/big-tomato-ketchup-dispenser.php
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Jay Bird  

5/4/2015

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Caróg liath

Caróg liath
Caróg liath
Caught by surprise as we strolled around Mooreabbey Woods to catch a fleeting glimpse of a big red squirrel hopping into the trees , I got the camera ready in case we spotted him again . To no avail - he was gone to the treetops . 

However a few hundred yards later , Sheila spotted what she thought was a woodpecker - a strange and unusual bird , brightly coloured  and picking at the bark at the base of several tree's . 

This time I got him , and if i don't say so myself , he looks splendid . 
Caróg liath
Jay
Caróg liath
Jay
Mooreabbey Woods
To read more about the Jay or "Caróg liath" to call him by his Irish name  click here to read up about him on Birdwatch Ireland's website 
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