04/07/2022
Free Beekeeping course!
Level 3 apiculture starts this August. Great for young and old, hobbyist or serious beekeeper. We have limited spaces so please use the link below for more information and sign up.
Courses are every second Saturday for about 10 months. (20 weekends over 40 weeks)
Matamata 13 August - central library.
Te Kauwhata 20 August - venue to be confirmed.
Information: https://landbasedtraining.co.nz/apiculture-courses.../
Application: https://landbasedtraining.co.nz/pre-application-form/
Hope to see you there,
Nick and Simone
Ph 0211837392 or 0278365663
08/11/2021
Beehives available now. Enderley Bees are Registered beekeepers.
Langstroth full depth only. Nucs or Full Boxes. Pickup Enderley area a/h.
27/07/2021
Learn BEEKEEPING for Free!
Classes held every second Saturday at the Matamata Memorial and Civic Centre.
Starting 14 August 2021
Ideal if you’re keen to get into this exciting industry or just want to run a few hobby hives.
65 credit NZQA level 3
For more information:
• email the tutor: [email protected]
• text 027 836 5663
• course website https://landbasedtraining.co.nz/course/apiculture-l3/
06/02/2020
39 New queens on the way! A new top score for queen rearing 😀. Usually we get around 25-30 takes on such a frame. All credit to the steady hand of Mrs Beekeeper who does the grafting.
We are just underway with taking the honey off the producing hives and extracting into glass honey jars. Some nice looking new season product ready for sale. 😁😁
03/12/2019
The Enderley Bees website is up and running (enderleybees.com).
26/05/2019
A very generous farmer hosting our hives has given us the use of a disused calf rearing shed to store some gear. Just in the nick of time... our domestic garage was bursting at the seams! That's one thing I like about beekeeping. We get to meet some wonderful life-style block owners! ~ Nick
04/05/2019
Ay Crumba. This isn't a little Christmas dew on top of the frames... this is row after row of wax moth cocoon lying perpendicular to the frame. The bee colony is long gone of course. We check our hives every few months so I would never have expected it to get away like this. Shows how fast it can go!
29/01/2019
Obviously a bit hot on the inside today with temps in Ham up around 32 degrees. And this is with a vented floor.
19/10/2018
Bee swarm - just touched down. We picked this one up in the Thomas road area. Not an exciting shot as they were all in the box in two shakes ;)
26/05/2019
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29/01/2019
19/10/2018