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Hi this is Episode Sixty Two of our beekeeping podcast, This week we are talking about Anarchist Beekeeping, beekeeping training programs and an new Effective Biological Varroa mite Treatment.
What's happening at kiwimana
Gary
- We both met Peter Molan and Cliff Van Eaton in Hamilton. Movie coming soon...
- Met Lene from Denmark
- Christmas work, moving hives and making frames.
- Shout out to India our niece who is listening to the show on her new iPad that Santa gave her.
- Trip to Wellington to see friends and family. Jim and Jill listening to our show in a tent.
- Transcriptions? We're asked about the for deaf or hard of hearing beekeepers, much interest?
Margaret
- Our community beekeeping courses have been announced. You can book your spot HERE
- Busy with Beeginner kits
- New Zealand Parliament building in Wellington looks like a Beehive
- Keep creating room for your Queen to lay
- Check that Bees are not Honey-Bound
- Have you checked your Mite Levels?
Blog Recap - What was popular last month
- Randy Oliver from Scientific Beekeeping - KM061
- The Swinging Sixties - KM060
- Vaporizing Varroa Mites
Beekeeping News
Anarchist Beekeeping Collective builds a community of urban pollinators.
A great story of a 11-year-old’s quest to keep honey bees and the club he has joined.
Jake Reisdorf of Carmel is sectioning off a spot in his yard for his special project. He's done his homework and made it into a fifth-grade project on entrepreneurship as well. It's a bit risky, but his parents agreed to let him go for it.
Anarchist Beekeeping Collective builds a community of urban pollinators.
Innovation: Effective Biological Varroa mite Treatment
Getting the male varroa mites to mate at the wrong time could this be answer to varroa mites?
Researches of University of Hohenheim (Germany) manage to create first effective biological protection against Varroa mites.
Effective Biological Varroa mite Treatment
Animated Pesticide use maps
Some animation of pesticide use the US in the last twenty years from Tom Theobald from the Boulder County Beekeepers. Check out episode 63 of our podcast, where we will be interviewing Tom.
Recently the United States Geological Survey released a huge database of Pesticide Use Maps that map the use of 459 pesticides from 1992–2011.
Animated Pesticide use maps
Auckland Transport No Spray List can be found HERE
15 Household Uses for Honey
A great post about some great uses of honey in the Household. Did you know it can be used as a Hangover cure and goes well with blue cheese?
Honey is a wonderful tool for healing the body, both inside and out. It is moisturizing, exfoliating, antibacterial and anti-inflammatory: all boons for our skin. Plus it soothes throats, relieves upset tummies and even fights off hangovers.
15 Household Uses for Honey
How to grow an edible garden without it costing the earth
Janet Luke shares some great tips on how to create a edible garden in this video. Janet has some other great videos on all kind of homestead.
Watch as Landscape Architect Janet Luke shares her passion for permaculture, edible landscaping and sustainable garden design. Her advice includes where to put your vege garden, which items are “garden gold”, and what it's important to splurge on.
How to grow an edible garden without it costing the earth
Agribiz targets bright kids
A new program in high schools in New Zealand, hopes to gain Education-approved NCEA qualification in 2017 and teach students Agribusiness subjects such as beekeeping.
Agribusiness studies are coming to secondary schools throughout the country with New Zealand’s brightest senior college students being targeted to learn a raft of career skills from agriscience and agritechnology to agrimarketing and finance.
Agribiz targets bright kids
‘Ebola of bee industry’ has hit
Lack of responsibility by some beekeepers in the far north is causing an outbreak of American Foul Brood. Sad news for the responsible beekeepers in the area.
American foulbrood, described by Far North Adult Literacy student Brian Sillick as the Ebola of the bee industry, has not only arrived in the Far North but is running rampant according to FNAL tutor Hine LeLievre.
Ebola of bee industry’ has hit
On job training programme welcomed by beekeeping industry
A great new course for new beekeepers that involves on the job training and classes, so beekeepers don’t need to take extended periods off work to complete. It’s open for hobby beekeepers as well.
Earlier this year, Primary ITO developed a programme for on job training for the National Certificate in Apiculture - Level 2 with input and peer review from industry experts.
On job training programme welcomed by beekeeping industry
Questions from you…
- Can selleys aquadhere exterior (PVA) be used on beehives? - Paul - Wellington
- How to move beehives short distances, Here is our POST - Jamie - Brisbane
If you have a question, email question@kiwimana.co.nz and the team at kiwimana will do our best to answer it.
Blog Posts Coming Soon
- We talk to Tom Theobald
- How to deal with a laying worker
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After hours Bonus
Beeing A Honey Maker - The Room 3 Honeypots
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