Basic Beekeeping Training Level 1 successfully done. Course by Chuck McCay of Cegu Valley Farm. Cegu Valley Farm is a thirty-two acre farm facing the ocean in rural Fiji. At Cegu Valley Farm, permaculture techniques are used to sustainably farm the land and create a model community within Fiji. Date: 01/18/23 – 01/19/23
For Varroa Control , Fiji Beekeepers Association is selling Apistan strips at subsidized price of $20 a pack. Each pack has 10 strips which will treat 5 hives. Two strips per hive as per label instruction. Limited packs available so first come first serve basis. Maximum 5 packs per farmer. Please CALL Zainal Khan at 8647869 …
Apistan strips at subsidized price of $20 a pack – 2022 Read More »
Beekeepers are invited to attend training classes with a group of professional NZ beekeepers on use of Oxyllic Acid for Varroa treatment and American foulbrood disease treatment. Training is scheduled from tomorrow(14th November to 18th November).
Beekeepers are invited to attend training classes with a group of professional NZ beekeepers on use of Oxyllic Acid for Varroa treatment and American foulbrood disease treatment. Training is scheduled from 14th November to 18th November 2022
First honey harvest with members of family with lots of excitement and laughter as new family investment witnessed this evening.
It is a joy to see the first weeks of young bees emerge from my Australian queen’s hive. Their yellow abdomen is a noticeable contrast to the dark-banded abdomen of the cross bees that most of us have.
A few institutions created a survey to measure the the level of knowledge and awareness of Good Beekeeping Practices. Apimondia asks that beekeepers consider taking this survey to help the research. The survey only takes 8 minutes as is at this link: https://forms.gle/CUKaZLYaP5EtGGJe9
Level 1 bee keeping training in Vanua Levu Fiji @ Cegu Valley Farm
Introduction to Basic Beekeeping – 2 Day Workshop – 9th – 10th December 2021
During the past few years, more than half the apiaries in Fiji that became infected with AFB only lost one or two hives because it was diagnosed early and the hives were destroyed. However, some apiaries lost five or more hives, a few more than 10, and one apiary lost 25(!) hives. Most were preventable losses.
