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Apiary Diary May 2022
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<blockquote data-quote="John B" data-source="post: 10745" data-attributes="member: 207"><p>Today was my last day as a full-time commercial beekeeper. I'm not quite sure how I feel about it and also not sure whether I should hang on to a site or two. I will definitely be keeping a few hives at home as I have a lot of experiments I want to do with varoa control. Not the best day to finish on as the highs I was doing today have been severely impacted by varoa. They don't have any varoa now after treatment but a lot of them don't have many bees left either and I had to swap quite a few dyers with stronger hives. My estimated average for the year was 63 kg per hive which isn't too bad these days but certainly not one of my better years. This autumn would be one of the worst I can remember for both lack of honey flow and varoa but at least I got some honey before it all hit the fan.</p><p>I have been a full-time commercial beekeeper for 50 years and part time for seven years before that. I have plenty of things lined up to do mostly in conservation but I also had to spend a bit of time over the next few years visiting more beekeepers both in New Zealand and overseas so if anyone is keen for a bit of free advice let me know.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John B, post: 10745, member: 207"] Today was my last day as a full-time commercial beekeeper. I'm not quite sure how I feel about it and also not sure whether I should hang on to a site or two. I will definitely be keeping a few hives at home as I have a lot of experiments I want to do with varoa control. Not the best day to finish on as the highs I was doing today have been severely impacted by varoa. They don't have any varoa now after treatment but a lot of them don't have many bees left either and I had to swap quite a few dyers with stronger hives. My estimated average for the year was 63 kg per hive which isn't too bad these days but certainly not one of my better years. This autumn would be one of the worst I can remember for both lack of honey flow and varoa but at least I got some honey before it all hit the fan. I have been a full-time commercial beekeeper for 50 years and part time for seven years before that. I have plenty of things lined up to do mostly in conservation but I also had to spend a bit of time over the next few years visiting more beekeepers both in New Zealand and overseas so if anyone is keen for a bit of free advice let me know. [/QUOTE]
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