Follower Board Correction

As you can see in one of my previous post about Top Bar Hive, I experienced one of the follower boards (fake wall) deforming due to high humidity in the hives atmosphere. I spoke to carpenter-beekeeper about this problem and he told me to cut into the board 6mm deep channels. This will ensure the board keeps streight.

Bee Buzzing with Beekeeper Rolf

We had a magnificent day in Rolf's Apiary today :) WoW Honeybees all over the place, smell of fresh honey, pollen and propolis.

Everything always starts with the theory. Someone once said "Good theory is the best practice one can get", there is some truth in it.

Beekeeper Rolf covering everything from the larvae to the grown honeybee ...

Learning about how expensive beekeeping can bee if one follows Rolf's example ;) hahaha Im just saying that building a Top Bar Hive costs very little (400 swedsih crowns) and one doesnt have to buy any extra equipment AT ALL, now that is cheep ;) On how to build a Kenya Top Bar Hive visit biobees.com 

a Queen cell

another Queen cell

At the end of the day it was all about scooping the honey dirrectly from a freshly made honey comb streight from the bee hive :)

mmmmmm .... :)

No worries, its just me with a Skep on my head ...

Learning about Sheep at Elisabeth's

We were at elisabet's farm learning about Sheep :) She has quiet a few. 

Jan carefully studying Sheep behavior ...

Kretslopparna :)

Sofia sharing Love & Light ...

Theory part 1 ....

Feeling the Sheep ... the wool, the heart, the life ...

this mama sheep has only one healthy breast ...

a new life has awaken at Elisabeth's farm :) an Ugly Duckling ;)

Mama & Papa Duck (Note Bailey not attacking the ducks)

2 species approach each other carefully ...wait, we have the same kind of wool ...hm ...

...let me smell you ...snif snif ... you look ugly but you smell OK

Mama and Papa Duck taking a bath on this hot sunny day ....

The Lamb Tösa was a very good hostess, making sure the guests are entertained, at the end of the day all are here to learn about Sheep, no!

Elisabeth to the left and Indiana Jones to the right ...

Tösa is a lamb which was rejected by her mother so Elisabeth fed her via bottle. She is so much used to the humans and the dogs that she often behaves like a dog :)

The Shepard dog doing her job ...

the Sheep Farm ... yes we eat lamb meat ...

life is beautiful ...

let me snif you first ...

Theory infront of Elisabeth's lovely wooden house...

Maria and Mama Sheep...

my new friends...

These Sheep are very tame, so used to humans ...

Bailey dancing with a gorgeous lady ...

Yin-Yang

Tomorrow we are back to this farm but this time it is Rolf (elisabeths husband) which will teach us, not about Sheep, but about the Buzzing Honeybees :) cant wait :)