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Notes: East of Scotland Beekeepers
Our speaker at the December meeting was Mr. John Goodman, a former National Bee Inspector, now living in Scotland. Who because of his experience with African Bees and his ability to speak Spanish was invited to work in Honduras for two months training the local beekeepers.
Mr Goodman showed many wonderful slides of this beautiful but poor mountainous country. These included images of bees in their habitat and the beekeepers who looked after them.
The native small stingless bees are kept in log hives that are suspended in many places, including several from the eaves of houses with reach of the occupants. They are non aggressive but can spit which can cause irritation. They can produce a crop of about two litres of honey.
The Africanised bees which arrived in 1985 are kept in more conventional hives, often on very steep slopes which make them difficult to work. One prominent feature was their extremely large smokers. A few commercial beekeepers have pollination contracts for crops such as melons etc. Cash from the sale of honey and wax is a very welcome added extra to their income. Mr Goodman asked if anyone had silicone candle moulds they no longer require as he could arrange for those to be delivered to the beekeepers in Honduras.
Mr Goodman showed many wonderful slides of this beautiful but poor mountainous country. These included images of bees in their habitat and the beekeepers who looked after them.
The native small stingless bees are kept in log hives that are suspended in many places, including several from the eaves of houses with reach of the occupants. They are non aggressive but can spit which can cause irritation. They can produce a crop of about two litres of honey.
The Africanised bees which arrived in 1985 are kept in more conventional hives, often on very steep slopes which make them difficult to work. One prominent feature was their extremely large smokers. A few commercial beekeepers have pollination contracts for crops such as melons etc. Cash from the sale of honey and wax is a very welcome added extra to their income. Mr Goodman asked if anyone had silicone candle moulds they no longer require as he could arrange for those to be delivered to the beekeepers in Honduras.