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The Amateur Beekeeper - December/January 2023

The Amateur Beekeeper - December/January 2023

In this issue:

  • Editor’s letter

  • AGM details

  • Resources

  • Varroa: Play your part in the fight

  • Alcohol washing: do you know all these tips?

  • Teaching kids about bees

  • How varroa resilience officers can help you

  • ABA AGM: Member rights at risk?

  • Extracting honey: the correct way

  • Honey labels explained

  • How to win a honey competition

  • 200 years of bees in Australia

  • Rookie mistakes: what’s yours?

  • ABA executive

  • SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT PART 4 - Breed Your Own Queen Bees

    • Mating nucs

    • Handling cells

    • Bee vision explained

    • Timetable

    • Marketing 101

    • Shipping

    • Biosecurity

The Amateur Beekeeper - October/November 2022

The Amateur Beekeeper - October/November 2022

In this issue:

  • President’s letter

  • Varroa contacts

  • AGM details

  • Beating the enemy: Varroa news

  • Renewals: behind the scenes

  • Coin countdown.

  • Braula, the other new pest.

  • Queen breeders’ survey

  • SPECIAL AFB PROJECT 100 free honey tests

  • NEW The16-week rule explained

  • Alcohol wash: Do it right. Do it now

  • Varroa 101: Know the basics

  • A cautionary tale about varroa

  • Club apiaries: what works (and what doesn’t work so well)

  • Wild bees: image of the year

  • Shop online. Support the ABA

  • ABA executive

  • SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT PART 3 Breed Your Own Queen Bees

    • Contents

    • Key facts. The cell builder. Cloake boards

    • Queen production

    • The schedule

    • How to graft

    • Summary

The Amateur Beekeeper - August/September 2022

The Amateur Beekeeper - August/September 2022
  • President’s letter

  • Pick of the best online information about varroa

  • Renewals and benefits

  • Offer: Honeybee coin.

  • Honey analysis research

  • VARROA: 21 QUESTIONS What beekeepers want to know

  • Mite tests explained

  • How to do an alcohol wash

  • DIY Alcohol washers

  • Into the mind of a bee

  • Swarm control

  • SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT PART 2 Breed Your Own Queen Bee

    • Contents

    • Anatomy. Genetics.

    • Drones and Workers

    • DCAs explained

    • Queen bee anatomy

    • Races. Breeder queens

    • Choices, Decisions, Actions

    • Glossary

  • ABA executive