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If you have NOT already started beekeeping NOW is the time with Spring!

Every season in Southern Africa begins in August - with colonies that survived winter starting to split naturally - they trek to locations with late winter / early crops and viable homes!

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Use Honeybee Swarm Attractant!

If you want to grow your colonies and apiaries this bee season, get your swarm attractant!

Just 2 drops is right - of our swarm lure - and placed at the back of the catch box which should be at least 1m above ground where, ideally, there should already be flowers blooming or about to!

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Use Catch Boxes

If you want to grow your colonies and apiaries this bee season, get your swarm attractant!

Trekking colonies prefer 35 square centimetres of space to begin with as their optimal starting space.

This is where a 5 or 6 frame catch box or nuc box with brood frames and starter wax strips are best.

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Substitute with brood chambers

If you need to, use a brood chamber and frames with wax starter strips and just 2 drops of our Swarm Lure...

Raise it above ground and if you have beeswax and propolis, place a swab of it at the back of the hive.

If you have any crops, fruit growers, nut farmers and or wild trees and flowers in your area, within say 50km of your apiary, then seek out permission to place hives / catch boxes on the landowner's property.

Ensure that chemical sprays are not going to be used during the time you put your catch boxes / brood boxes out!

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Ensure that chemical sprays are not going to be used during the time you put your catch boxes / brood boxes out!

Caution when placing bees on Farms!

🚜 Common Chemical Sprays in Citrus Growing

Insecticides
- Neonicotinoids (imidacloprid, thiamethoxam, clothianidin): sometimes used for citrus psyllid control (important in areas with citrus greening/HLB). These are systemic and highly toxic to bees if residues are present in nectar or pollen.
- Organophosphates (chlorpyrifos, dimethoate): older but still used in some regions; very toxic to bees on direct contact.
- Pyrethroids: can repel or kill foraging bees, often applied for thrips or scale insects.
Fungicides
- Products like copper, azoxystrobin, and propiconazole are widely used to control sooty mold, anthracnose, and post-harvest diseases. Many fungicides are not directly lethal to bees, but studies show they can impair larval development, gut microbiota, and detox pathways when combined with insecticides.
Herbicides
- Glyphosate is often used under trees. Generally not acutely toxic to bees, but linked to changes in bee gut microbiota and possibly orientation.