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BEEKEEPING
“Some swarms swarm off and
lose most of their field force.
We swop these swarms with
other hives that have a strong
field force to prevent them
from swarming off.
“Ten hives a day for ten days is
about as much as one can do.
“Our next three trips are to
remove and extract approximately one ton of honey for
processing and bottling at our
home base and the last four
night trips are to bring back the
bees to the Highveld gum trees
that will be flowering from
October to January, when we
will extract and process our
second ton of honey. Next,
the bees are moved to the
Cosmos and soya bean fields
by the end of January, yielding
our third ton of honey before
the end of April.”
By Peter Clark, at 011 3622904, author of Tales of an
African Beekeeper and
member of Eastern Highveld
beekeeper's Assoc, Secretary
Mike Alter at 011 965-6040.
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