nikki watts 905 Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 7 hours ago, kaihoka said: Are there enough roads on the Barrier for a road trip .? Woops. Should have added we were in central north island and taranaki. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Philbee 4,675 Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 (edited) 15 hours ago, jamesc said: The honey market is non existent. Yesterday I spoke with a Beek who sold his non manuka honey this season to a well known North Island outfit. They extracted it for $5.50 a box and paid $5.50 a Kg. plus gst on both I assume. He was happy under the current circumstances Edited February 10, 2020 by Philbee Link to post Share on other sites
kaihoka 2,975 Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 (edited) 6 hours ago, Bighands said: You are correct but with so many hives looking for the gold everyone will get a teaspoon and it will not be manuka as S.Rata flowered up high and as you know bees only go for manuka when nothing else available. This outfit has the place to them selves , with the DOC consession . You are right about rata but the manuka is on a big scrubby area . Edited February 10, 2020 by kaihoka Link to post Share on other sites
jamesc 4,900 Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 1 hour ago, Philbee said: Yesterday I spoke with a Beek who sold his non manuka honey this season to a well known North Island outfit. They extracted it for $5.50 a box and paid $5.50 a Kg. plus gst on both I assume. He was happy under the current circumstances I wonder how much he sold...? Link to post Share on other sites
Philbee 4,675 Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 2 hours ago, jamesc said: I wonder how much he sold...? He is only a small guy with 120-150 Hives 1 Link to post Share on other sites
yesbut 6,230 Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 My black Q hive is no more. The other three were a pleasure to play with putting in oa strips. 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
CraBee 1,748 Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 Oh, I thought that was the fate of the Black Queen! Link to post Share on other sites
Sailabee 1,102 Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 1 hour ago, yesbut said: My black Q hive is no more. The other three were a pleasure to play with putting in oa strips. Up side of this is that you now realise why so many of us - particularly up north where quite a few have crossed over to the dark side lament it, as when a hive has a first cross of the two lines, things can really change for the worse rapidly. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
yesbut 6,230 Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Sailabee said: Up side of this is that you now realise why so many of us - particularly up north where quite a few have crossed over to the dark side lament it, as when a hive has a first cross of the two lines, things can really change for the worse rapidly. I'm afraid I go out of my way to not realise anything pertaining to north of Hamilton ! 1 hour ago, CraBee said: Oh, I thought that was the fate of the Black Queen! Oh, I thought you were telling us something ! I learnt years ago that petrol and matches seldom pair up well. Edited February 11, 2020 by yesbut 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Maggie James 899 Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 22 minutes ago, yesbut said: I'm afraid I go out of my way to not realise anything pertaining to north of Hamilton That sounds like some sort of disability. What about south of Hamilton? What about the Mainland i.e. the South Island? I have just noted that you are based in Nelson. Therefore can't say I understand your comment one iota. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
jamesc 4,900 Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 Too freakin hot for doin bees ..... the truck thermo registered 30c at 2.00pm .... so we is building a garage to fill in time. It used to be when I was at Airborne we went home when the mercury hit 30c. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Maggie James 899 Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 (edited) 4 minutes ago, jamesc said: Too freakin hot for doin bees ..... the truck thermo registered 30c at 2.00pm .... so we is building a garage to fill in time. It used to be when I was at Airborne we went home when the mercury hit 30c. Well, this month you would have hardly been at work. The heat has been horrendous. Those that don't work outdoors, just don't understand. Edited February 11, 2020 by Maggie James 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Trevor Gillbanks 6,846 Posted February 11, 2020 Author Share Posted February 11, 2020 19 minutes ago, jamesc said: Too freakin hot for doin bees ..... the truck thermo registered 30c at 2.00pm .... so we is building a garage to fill in time. It used to be when I was at Airborne we went home when the mercury hit 30c. I hope you have a permit. But really why bother. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Maggie James 899 Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 (edited) 8 minutes ago, Trevor Gillbanks said: I hope you have a permit. But really why bother. Ya don't don't build a garage in the Selwyn District Council without a permit. It's actually a new tutorial room for queen cell production, sniffer dogs displays, pumpkin competition, bbq socialising etc. Therefore it has to be very big. Edited February 11, 2020 by Maggie James 1 Link to post Share on other sites
jamesc 4,900 Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 (edited) Yeah nah ..... its another shed for this years crop. The budget is four days and $200. Edited February 11, 2020 by jamesc 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Maggie James 899 Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 (edited) 10 minutes ago, jamesc said: Yeah nah ..... its another shed for this years crop. The budget is four days and $200. That's comparable with the Chinese. They can build a hospital for the corona virus in five days. Thought I doubt they have a budget of $200. Perhaps the Selwyn District Council, Resource Consent Dept could send a few to China to get a few tips on how to expedite resource consents. I hope they don't get the virus. Edited February 11, 2020 by Maggie James Link to post Share on other sites
yesbut 6,230 Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 1 hour ago, Maggie James said: Therefore can't say I understand your comment one iota. realise = not take any notice of....in the context of the discussion... 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Gino de Graaf 1,030 Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 1 hour ago, Trevor Gillbanks said: I hope you have a permit. But really why bother. Can't be that hot, cause the dudes in red bands. Nice athletes foot environment. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Maggie James 899 Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 (edited) 10 minutes ago, Gino de Graaf said: Can't be that hot, cause the dudes in red bands. Nice athletes foot environment. Just got back from picking hives up at Otira? Obviously the snorkel and mask have been removed Edited February 11, 2020 by Maggie James 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
jamesc 4,900 Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 12 minutes ago, Gino de Graaf said: Can't be that hot, cause the dudes in red bands. Nice athletes foot environment. Bro ..... This is the first year I have worn shorts day in day out down here for two months day after day ...... my take on climate change ..... an Red Bands .... it's either that or the line dancing boots as the other work boots are stuffed and times are hard. So Red bands it is , or the jandals but that would be a health and safety issue. And while we are talking Health and Safety, the local St Johns are holding a a First Aid training day in a couple of weeks. I think we should probably book the Team in and all get refreshed. Yah never know when you might drop a truss on the Jandal. 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Maggie James 899 Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 (edited) 9 minutes ago, jamesc said: Bro ..... This is the first year I have worn shorts day in day out down here for two months day after day ...... my take on climate change ..... an Red Bands .... it's either that or the line dancing boots as the other work boots are stuffed and times are hard. So Red bands it is , or the jandals but that would be a health and safety issue. And while we are talking Health and Safety, the local St Johns are holding a a First Aid training day in a couple of weeks. I think we should probably book the Team in and all get refreshed. Yah never know when you might drop a truss on the Jandal. If you are building trusses in Otira you will be in gumboots, cos you won't be building sheds, you will be expanding into bridges Beekeeping diversification of skills in these tough times? 28 minutes ago, jamesc said: the local St Johns are holding a a First Aid training day in a couple of weeks. Sounds like a good social event Edited February 11, 2020 by Maggie James Link to post Share on other sites
shano 1 Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 On 2/02/2020 at 6:49 PM, John T said: @yesbut Perhaps you could put in a (second, perhaps) excluder placed between two sets of two brood boxes, with the Q in each. Then monitor their laying, and see which performs best. But, that said, who knows whether your selected Q will continue to perform well, as well as how long she will live for? I have no idea how Q's will perform when they live close to each other - perhaps put a honey box or two between the two sets of brood boxes? Perhaps someone might know. Perhaps put your unselected Q in a nuc as a back up should the selected Q fail after a few weeks? I experimented this year with a two queen colony using the method described above.... Excluder between queens and merged with newspaper. the 2nd queen was dead within 2 weeks. I suspect that either the two queens fought through the excluder, or one colony balled her up. Won't bother trying that again lol. Link to post Share on other sites
Dennis Crowley 1,351 Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 22 hours ago, jamesc said: Yah never know when you might drop a truss on the Jandal. If you do, drag the patient out to the road side and then claim the accident. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
jamesc 4,900 Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 Ok .... so the bees are definitely on the back burner at the momment..... although I do wake up at 3.00sm in a cold sweat thinking..... mites..... buy Builder aBob must be on his game as the structure stood up to a shake from mamatunaku last night. Interesting day.... started cool, and grew and grew until at 3.30pm when hanging yhe big end truss the thermo hit 30c.... And all of a sudden at lunchtime the robbing at the shed stopped. Must be time to go back to ‘Work’. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Sailabee 1,102 Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 Pretty meaty construction going on there - is that untreated pine, or something else? Link to post Share on other sites
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