Hephaistos
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« on: January 15, 2011, 09:12:44 AM » |
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Hi@all,
my name is Hary, I´m from Austria in Middle Europe. I´m 30 years old, married and I have three kids. Beekeeping I started in 2000. Now I have 30 hives with Carnica bees. My frame size is "Zander 2/3", nearly the same as the honey frames in Dadant, just a little bit shorter.
If you have any questions, please ask.
Regards,
Hary (sorry for my English)
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AllenF
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« Reply #1 on: January 15, 2011, 09:14:32 AM » |
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Your English sounds better than most from around here.  |
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kathyp
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« Reply #2 on: January 15, 2011, 06:55:40 PM » |
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welcome. i agree. no problem with your English! we look forward to hearing about beekeeping where you live. 30 hives is a lot when you have family and stuff to look after as well!
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whether of the autocrats of Russia or France, or of the
aristocrats of a Venetian Senate." --Thomas Jefferson to Joseph C.
Cabell, 1816.
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hardwood
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« Reply #3 on: January 15, 2011, 08:19:33 PM » |
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Welcome! Austria huh? Your not one of those Von Trapps are you  Scott |
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« Reply #4 on: January 15, 2011, 08:58:24 PM » |
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Welcome, What kind of bees do you have? What are there characteristics? Not familiar with your hive type, tell us more please. And Pictures!! |
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Hephaistos
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« Reply #5 on: January 17, 2011, 11:35:16 AM » |
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Hello again,
I have the apis mellifera carnica, also called „Grey bee“. It is a very quiet and peaceful kind. Usually I don´t work with protective cloths. In winter the population becomes small, so they need less food then Buckfast or Ligustica bees. In spring the population grows very fast.
Negative is just that they like to swarm, but I think this characteristic came from former times, because the beekeepers propagated with swarms and used very small hives.
My hive type: I make the hives by myself from spruce timber. I use 10 frames per body, the frame size is 16.5x6.25 inches. In summer I usually use three bodies for breeding, no Queen excluder and then two honey bodies.
My Queen production: I use the Nicot system, have a Starter and a Finisher. When the Queens are eclosed, they come into “Apidea”-hives. This hives I bring up to a farmer in the mountains for copulation.
My honey: I don’t roam with my bees, so I only can harvest two kinds of honey: floral honey in May (major constituent is dandelion) and sylvan honey in end of July (major constituents are spruce and raspberry).
Pics will fallow…
Regards,
Hary
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AllenF
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« Reply #6 on: January 17, 2011, 02:51:19 PM » |
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Cool. Can't wait for the pics.
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