Whangaruru School

Whangaruru School

Thursday, November 23, 2017

Garden blog

kapa toru has been doing a community garden ,what we planted, kumara ,shallots ,peruperu
yesterday we were mounding seaweed around all the plants.



garden blog

we dug the dirt into a soft pile of dirt to put some kumara and potato it was awesome

Garden Blog

Garden blog
21.11.17

We dug and flipped the dirt and picked out all the weds we could.Then we mounded the dirt.We planted the kumara, potatoes, shallots, and peruperus and the watered them. A few weeks later we covered them with seaweed.

Wednesday, November 22, 2017

Bee Blog

Bee Blog
21/11/17
we took the top cover of the hive off and took off all the honey box.We replaced frames from ones that had been in the freezer. Then we took off the queen excluder and lifted 2 frames to look for larvae, pollen, nectar and capped honey. Then we put everything back together and watched for bees coming in with pollen.


we took the top cover of the hive ' off and took of all the honey  box.we replaced frames from ones that had been in  the freezer .

Then we took off  the queen excluder and lifted 2 frames to look for larvae ,pollen,nectar and capped honey.Then we put everything back together and watched for bees coming in with pollen. 

Bee's

We took the top cover of the hive off and took off all the honey box. 
We replaced the frames from ones that had been in the freezer.Then we took off the queen excluded and lifted 2 frames to look for larvae ,pollen ,nectar and capped  honey.Then we put everything back together and watch for bees coming in with pollen.

Bee Blog

we took the top cover of the hive ' off and took of all the honey  box.we replaced frames from ones that had been in  the freezer .

Then we took off  the queen excluder and lifted 2 frames to look for larvae ,pollen,nectar and capped honey.Then we put everything back together and watched for bees coming in with pollen. 

Thursday, November 16, 2017

our bee visit

we opened the hives.
we shook the bees off the frame.
we used smoke to make the bees think there is a fire. this makes drink more.It makes it safer for us to open and go into the hive we were checking to find the queen bee.
we were also checking for larvae,beeswax honey,and pollen on the frame
we used a brush to brush the bees off the lid. we used hive tools to clean the frame and remove the propolis we saw drones and worker bees.
our hive is going well-our bees are happy
whaea put in some bayvarol strips for varroa mites
                                                               

                                                  we opened the hives
                                        we shook the bees of the frames
                        we used smoke to make the bees think there was a fire
This makes them drink more it makes it safer for us to open and go into the hive we were checking to      find the queen bee we were also checking for larvae,bees wax honey,and pollen on the flowers