Latest Updates from HivemindWelcome spring and daylight saving!The flowers are out, the bees are flying and we're all hoping for a good season this year. It's been a busy month for all. Here's an update from the team at Hivemind. As a part of Bee Aware Month, The Otago Daily Times published an article about Marsh's Apiaries. They're producing clover honey and honeycomb, rearing queen bees and providing pollination services. Russel Marsh uses Hivemind to identify desirable queen bee traits: ''If there is significantly more bees [trips recorded] on one hive than the other five and they fly earlier [during lower temperatures], then we can work out the correlation and breed off the queen for those traits, and ultimately improve the Improved Hivemind Satellite HubWe've a new version the Satellite Hub available! The hub has a new casing design with better weatherproofing and more timely battery alerts. You can purchase new hubs or upgrade your current ones. Enquiries to Victoria: victoria@hivemind.nz, +64 27 688 3975 Refurbished Hivemind weigh scales availableThere are a small number of used, reconditioned weigh scales available for purchase at a discounted rate. First in first served. Enquiries to Victoria: victoria@hivemind.nz, +64 27 688 3975
It's Bee Aware Month! September has been Bee Aware Month. What have you done to bring awareness to the importance of our incredible bees? We'd love to hear some ideas on our Facebook post here, so that we can all be better bee advocates! Prefer to talk to a real person?If you are thinking about Hivemind for this season (southern hemisphere), there's still time! Give us a call for a good old-fashioned yarn: NZ +64 3 595 5224 Aus (02) 8188 2768 USA (619) 695 1041 |