Here it is the 22nd of January 2018 and it dawned on me i haven't written anything this year. Normally i have something to ramble on about but it appears that i hadn't up to this point.
Winter is still here and the bees are still hanging out inside their hives. I do wander out there periodically just to stand and stare at them.
What is new though is I am taking a Webinar course put on by the Ministry of Agriculture on the Introduction to Beekeeping. I figured after having bees for 3 years now...it was time i learnt something about them. My first webinar started last Saturday. They are 2 1/2 hours long and i get to lounge on my bed with laptop on my lap and coffee in hand. How great is that. There is still 3 more webinars to do. Which is awesome cause I get out of cleaning rooms for 3 more Saturdays!!!
Another thing i have been doing is pondering over predictor fencing for when we move back to our house. There has been so many options and i have changed my mind like 5 times. What to do, what to do.
We have the electric fence box now...and the solar panels, so at least that's a start. But we need to decide if we are double fencing or building a house for them with a fence around the house, or ????
An option we have pondered the longest is a 3 sided machine type shed. Tall at the front and lower at the back. In parts of Europe, they have been housing their bees in Bee Houses for years.
Ours will be a little different (if we decide to do it). It will be similar to the one pictured below. We will place it so that front faces South. It will protect the bees from the North East winter winds and keep the rain and snow off. It will also offer some shade when we are working with them. We like this option the best and it will give some protection from the wildlife once the electric fence is in place.
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| European type bee house |
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| The bee house we want to make |
Anyways it will give me something to think about until spring comes and i can get out there and play with the bees. Bye for now.
