Welcome to my world of beekeeping:
- Bee wax recycling
Over time, the honeycombs become darker and darker as more bees hatch within them. At the end of summer, these dark combs are removed… Continue reading Bee wax recycling - Varoa treatment
Our bee colonies must be treated for the Varroa mite every year so that the bees remain aliveand productive. In the summer after the… Continue reading Varoa treatment - Bee feeding
After the honey has been removed from the hive and has been extracted, each bee colony receives a bucket containing 14 kg of sugar… Continue reading Bee feeding - cells for drones and queens
Brood cells for drones are larger than those for female worker bees. The only brood cell larger than these is that of a queen.… Continue reading cells for drones and queens - summer configuration
Beehives in their summer configuration: The top section contains the honeycombs for storing honey. The bee colony lives in the sections below, where they… Continue reading summer configuration - beeswax recycling
Candles can be made from the melted beeswax from honeycombs. The wax in the candles is yellow from the pollen that the bees collect… Continue reading beeswax recycling - removing the cell lid
Before the honey can be extracted, every single honeycomb cell must be opened by removing each cell lid. The wax of the cell lid… Continue reading removing the cell lid - extraction process
The honeycombs are spun in a centrifuge until the liquid honey is extracted. - female field workforce
After spending half of her live indoor her second half of her live is dedicated to field work.