Bees, Honey & Beekeeping: Updated July 2009
Beeware launches the...
"Practical Beekeeping - Beginner's Guide" a bee book for beekeepers just starting out wanting practical know-how and tips. Start beekeeping now!
June 26th
The next Beginner beekeeping course is taking place on the 8th August in Centurion. Bookings are now open. Minimum of 6 candidates required. So bring a friend for a great day out!
Or why don't you get a copy of Beekeeping in South Africa or you can get Practical Beekeeping Beginners Guide and do beekeeping self study on honey bees and how to start beekeeping.
Beeswax sheets increase in price - Now R11 per sheet. Demand on local beeswax is pushing prices up. If you have excess beeswax contact us. We purchase beeswax.
The Jackson Horizontal hive is now R650 and stock is available again. Now Agents for Jackson bee hives!
We launch Bee Project services which includes consulting, beekeeping project training and maintenance. We also focus on offering honey and bee product branding services for any community beekeeping projects.
May 13th
American Foulbrood scare in South African Beekeeping circles.
We are waiting to hear more about this disease and how far it may have spread from the Western Cape bee body and government. Apparently it seems as if not enough inspectors are available in order to make an efficient study of the western cape area in order to ascertain the extent of infection.
Samples of honey from beekeepers are being collected from all ends of the country in order to gauge whether the disease has indeed spread passed the Western Cape's borders.
Awaiting further feedback from esteemed beekeeping industry contacts we stress that care should be taken not to mix bee colonies unnecessarily as well as that you ensure you have a clean honey harvesting room. Bees should not have access to your honey room at any time. Ensure honey stores are properly closed and sealed tight while in transit or in storage.
We buy rendered beeswax so for more information, will you contact us on info@beeware.co.za or call 082 359 8787 !
Our next Beginner Beekeeping Course is running on the 8th August so be sure to RSVP now! Register now at info@beeware.co.za
Find out more about Beginner's Beekeeping course to be held on 8th August in the Lyttelton/Centurion area. Click on the banner below to find out more about what the bee course is about, what bee tools will be covered and the beekeeping info you can learn!
Updated our Shop interface in order to use an ecommerce platform for ordering our top line goods straight from the site!
Just remember to add the delivery fee if delivery is required.
Latest Update: We have moved down the road. If you are collecting goods ordered by arrangement, then please note to do so at our new address:
Crescent Wood, 8th street, #3 1120 Delta Close, Noordwyk, Midrand. Be sure to make arrangements to collect before you come.
Please Note: Beeswax Foundation sheets are now R11 each. Minimum order is 10 sheets.
Beekeeping can be fun. Some people do it for leisure and free honey and others do it professionally. Either way it's still a great way to get outdoors, meet people and get closer to nature. 'Buy Beekeeping Equipment' at Shop Our Store section on the right for an idea of what we supply and more.
Beekeeping Minute # 3 - Nov
You should have harvested your honey as soon as the first rains came. If you did, that was great. It is now time again to inspect your bee hives and consider harvesting where super frames are full.
Ensure there is enough space left in the brood for the queen bee to lay eggs. Perhaps remove one brood frame during your inspection if there is a "dead" frame.
Good honey harvesting!
Beekeeping Minute # 1 - Aug!
A one minute idea you should consider now:
It is time to get your beekeeping suit, smoker, hive tool and spare supers out. Clean the beekeeping suit and smoker. Get some pine needles and horse manure as these work best for smoking bees and generally come inexpensively.
Make sure your suit is in good condition with no holes or stitching required. Make sure you also have 2 clean 25L buckets with lids for harvesting purposes.
One should have at least 2 spare supers around for you to remove and harvest frames from hives in order to create space for the new flowering season...
Good preparation makes for good harvest!
Beekeeping Minute # 2 - June!
A one minute idea you should consider now:
It is time to leave your hives alone. Perhaps a final inspection before the wintering months come into being can be conducted. Consider feeding the hives that may not have enough food to sustain themselves through the winter in the immediate vacinity of the colony. A good ratio during winter for suger to water is a 1:1 solution. For every cup of sugar you only add one cup of water.
Do not feed for longer than 2 weeks consecutively! Give the feeding a break of at least a week before feeding again. Your bees can get upset stomachs by overfeeding.
Also, bear in mind the article about using Emergency Queen rearing process to Build your Apiary size which enables a beekeeper to usetried and tested methods to create new queens and new colonies for them. You could begin this process now if you missed it in August.
New Gallery of BeeWare's Products is available! To view our main products at a glance you can go to the following link at BeeWare's Product Gallery
Brood Chamber Wax foundation sheets are in stock. These are pure beeswax sheets moulded for brood only and are full foundation sheets.
Each sheet is R11; min order: 10 sheets
excluding postage
 Full Beekeeping Suit with attached veil incl.
Veil, ankle zips, wristbands and double zip at chest.
Best quality protective bee suit suitable for export.
from R590 (large) See bee suit page...
excl postage.
Or if you are only looking for information on keeping bees you can purchase one of our eBooks: Beekeeping - A Practical Guide is available title through the website.
We have our own handbook available as a downloadable document at a low fee due to no print costs. Available NOW for US$17.00 (R135) You can order the
Practical Beekeeping - Beginner's Guide eBook!
Mail order Bee Journals. The first issue for 2006 has been printed and distributed to all of the up-to-date SABIO members included in the membership fee. If you'd like a copy contact us and we will send them via mail order.
SABIO Registration is now up for renewal. R250 a year fee for registration as a beekeeper. You also receive the SABIO Bee Journal quarterly.
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