Small Scale Queen Rearing: Part 3
Having done your grafting, check, one week later, how many queen cells have been completed and how many mating hives you will need to prepare.... Read More
Small Scale Queen Rearing: Part 2
It pays to prepare for queen rearing early in the season. You need to ensure that your selected main nursing colony, and, if you wish... Read More
Small Scale Queen Rearing
Queen rearing is easy, interesting and a rewarding beekeeping activity. Unlike queen breeding, which I will not cover here, it does not require any particular... Read More
Building Resilience of a Beekeeping Industry after a Volcanic Eruption (La Soufriere, SVG)
A beekeeper’s Perspective Prepared by Allan Williams – Apicultural Extensionist of the Ministry of Agriculture 24 May, 2021 On New Year’s Eve 2020, while a... Read More
Vibration Beekeeping!
The vibrations of bees are well-known; their rapid wing beat causes the air surrounding them to vibrate, that vibration reaches our ears, and we interpret... Read More
Enhancing Africanised Bee Removals in Trinidad and Tobago
The arrival of Africanised honeybees in Trinidad, the most southerly island in the Caribbean, is undoubtedly the biggest game changer in the island’s beekeeping history.... Read More