2022 · December 31, 2022
With spring-like temperatures, the bees fly diligently and carry in pollen. Where do they find it at this time of year? You can guess the irrepressible vitality of these little creatures... With this we end our blog for 2022 and wish all readers a healthy and blessed new year, and the beekeepers among you always full honey pots.
2022 · December 19, 2022
ChatGPT is currently the talk of the town. The garden beekeeper tried out the "intelligent" chatbot with the fictitious task of generating a text for an advertising mail: [Input] Write an advertisement email about Garden-Honey. The email should say that there is still honey in stock but whoever wants to buy some honey should be quick. [Output] Dear valued customers, We are pleased to announce that we still have a limited supply of our delicious Garden-Honey available for purchase. If you have...
2022 · December 18, 2022
In 2022, 5 colonies have given us a pleasantly good honey harvest. The honey stock is well filled. Fortunately, the colony expansion was also successful, so that the garden beekeeper could significantly increase his population of bee colonies this year. The bees are now at peace: the colonies were treated against the Varroa mite in late summer, fed and wintered, long-lived winter bees were incubated. The colonies no longer brood and therefore consume little food. The current temperatures of up...
2022 · September 13, 2022
The bees are currently fed with sugar syrup every other day so that they have enough fuel for the winter. The garden beekeeper drives to the outdoor stand with the e-scooter and thus achieves a 98% cost saving on fuel compared to the car. Not to mention the fun factor.
2022 · August 03, 2022
The 2022 harvest is in the jars. The garden beekeeper's bees were wandering this season. Thus, the garden beekeeper can currently offer the following varieties: Golden yellow spring honey from the Heilbronn garden. White fine stiff rape honey from Eberstadt and Böllinger Mühle Summer honey from the Heilbronn garden, from Weinsberg or from the Böllinger Mühle (with blackberry blossom) Dark chestnut honey from the Heidelberg city forest
2022 · June 19, 2022
The garden beekeeper's bees, together with millions of colleagues from thousands of other hives, collect honey from the sweet chestnut near Heidelberg. During today's inspection, the bewitchingly tart smell of the freshly collected nectar was clearly noticeable. Two honey chambers are well filled, so that another could be put on. Meanwhile, in HeilbronX City, the linden trees are in full bloom. What a year!
2022 · May 07, 2022
The garden beekeeper's bees are in the rape for the first time this year, namely at a field of Joachim Rukwied, President of the German Farmers' Association. During a perusal together with the beekeeper mentor it came today to a nice spontaneous meeting with Mr. Rukwied at the apiary in the rape field. This is a nice example of how agriculture and beekeeping can benefit from each other as partners: The pollination performance of honey bees increases the yield for the farmer, and the beekeeper...
