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NZ Radio Awards 2009
14 March, 2010
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3 - Catching a swarm of bees
- Bee Swarm
- We recruit a swarm of bees to join the back-yard bee hive. (duration: 18′35″)
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I'm off to catch a swarm of 10,000 bees to join my back-yard bee hive. I'm getting in to bee-keeping so I can start producing honey. So come along...and don't worry you won't get stung!
Resources
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Bee Photos
A gallery of images.
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Honey Harvest
A gallery of images.
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Bee Chased
If you have too much time on your hands!
Episodes
- 1 - Meet the beekeeper
- 2 - Hive location
- 3 - Catching a swarm of bees
- 4 - Building the hive
- 5 - Arrival of the bees
- 6 - Merging swarm with hive
- 7 - Hive check-up
- 8 - Pre-Xmas visit
- 9 - Trouble in the Hive
- 10 - New queen on the block
- 11 - Colony Collapse Disorder
- 12 - Toxic Tutu
- 13 - Beehive Check
- 14 - Honey Extraction
- 15 - A Taste of Honey
- 16 - Varroa treatment
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