Bee Health:
Bee Health is essential to keep your hives buzzing. Ensure the following:- Hygiene
- Adequate food with all the necessary vitamins and proteins - ( This is where Mineral Bee nutritional supplement comes in handy)
- Protection from disease and mites (Varroa treatment and avoiding overcrowding of apiary sites)
- Suitable temperature and moisture control
Things we can do:
- Site the hive in a sheltered sunny spot away from damp and not exposed to the prevailing wind.
- Keep surrounding shrubbery down to a reasonable level.
- Protect the hive with an entrance reducer to keep out small rodents and enable the bees to better defend their home from robbing or wasp attacks. (For really top protection from wasps install a HiveGate ...)
- Remove old frames and grubby comb. (Every 3-5 years is a suggestion) and clean debris from floor of hive.
- Use a top feeder or entrance feeders over winter so you resist the temptation to open up the hive unnecessarily in increment weather.
HiveGate
$20.00
HiveGate is an investment in the health of your hive. This entrance adaptor enables your colonies to maintain a healthy environment and cope with intruders such as wasps even in cold weather or when the colony is not up to full strength.
Helps promote strong, productive colonies with fewer losses as the bees spend less energy defending the hive and controlling the environment.
Plastic Handle Capping Scratcher
$6.10
Hive World’s Plastic Handle Capping Scratcher is a durable tool with a molded plastic handle to comfortably fit your hand. The metal tines easily scratch away the honey cells ready for extracting. Ideal for using with manuka honey as the action of the tines helps liquefy the thick honey to help it to flow easier.
This tool is also useful for checking for varroa in your drone brood by pushing into the capped cells and lifting out the white larvae – easy to see any mites.
Portable Entrance Feeders to use with Bottle
Original price was: $2.95.$2.20Current price is: $2.20.
25% Off
Hive World’s Portable Entrance Feeder for external feeding through the entrance.
This is a simple, quick to use method for effective feeding without having to open the hive lid. All you need is a soft drink bottle to screw into the feeder and your bees can help themselves. It is easy to see how much the bees have taken without disturbing the hive.
This is also a safe and effective way to provide water for your bees in times of drought.
Be aware that you need to watch out for robbing when using this method to feed sugar syrup because it is accessible from outside the hive.
Stainless steel varroa mesh
$10.00
Hive World supplies stainless steel varroa mesh cut to size to fit your hive base.
Measurement: 330mm x 370mm.
8 (2.5mm) mesh size
Varroa mesh assists your varroa elimination by allowing varroa removed by bees self-grooming to fall through but preventing them from climbing back into the hive. Allows you to check the varroa fall regularly and ensure your current treatment is having the optimal effect.
