Swarm collection south/mid canterbury

23/10/2024

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Swarming season is well under way, if you see or hear of a bee swarm please don't hesitate to ring us straight away the bees are looking for a home and we can give them one
0272896576

11/01/2023

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Got Wasps?
Wasps are becoming an issue over summer,they breed in the autumn so
nows the time to exterminate them before they multiply
If you have a nest get onto it quick
Give the team a call or txt on 0272896576

24/10/2020

Swarming season is well under way, if you see or hear of a bee swarm please don't hesitate to ring us straight away the bees are looking for a home and we can give them one
0272896576

23/09/2020

Spring is well into it and the bees are looking to bread and cast swarms, if you see or hear of a bee swarm please don't hesitate to contact us
We can organize a place to rehome them.
With out beekeepers these swarms will create a nuisance and eventually succumb to varroa mite infestations.
Help us save our local bees🐝🐝
0272896576

04/11/2019

Bee swarms are flying in the hot weather, if you see a swarm please ring us on 0278101308 so we can help put them into a hive. Unfortunately with out beekeepers they will slowly die from varroa.
Please like and share our post/ page to inform our community that swarms need to be collected 🐝🐝🐝

07/10/2019

Bee Swarm season is starting if you see a swarm please don't hesitate to call us or PM
Help us rehome bees 🐝🐝🐝
Our phone # 0272896576

17/05/2019

Bees collecting pollen

08/10/2018

Bee Swarm Awareness
Why do they Swarm?
Why is it so important to rehome them?

Honey bee swarms are a natural division of a honey bee colony, they divide to fly out and establish a new colony in a tree or open crevice and build a new home from scratch.They do all this with only the honey they take with them when they leave the parent colony.It is a big risk for a hive to swarm as the bees only have a short window to find a suitable home and the original hive only has 3 weeks to get their new queen mated. Here in New Zealand we have the varroa mite, this mite will and does kill honey bee colonies. A swarm has little chance against varroa.Here in nz there is no cure, only nock down treatments administered by beekeepers. So most if not all swarms that arnt collected by a beekeeper will eventually die from varroa and the diseases they give to honey bees.Thats if they reach a new home on the one tank of honey they took with them.

06/10/2018

Weathers looking good bees will be looking for new homes to swarm to, keep an eye out for swarming bees