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saliubello:
100 litres from 110 hives for all through 2019/2020 harvest.



This problem of theft was encountered only in this site.

Christistruth00:
Please don't kill anyone na hungry dey catch dem.

you can keep beehives in the City on your property but you need to build a wall of at least 12 ft around it for safety. The wall can be made of plywood. The wall forces the bees to fly high into the air in a way that reduces the risk to humans

Christistruth00:
Saliubello if you want to live long and prosper you need to learn to leave vengeance to God. Many times God uses our enemies to sharpen and strengthen us.

Joseph Kanara of Sierra Leone developed the Kamara hive made of 2 baskets inside each other and it yields up to 40 kg per harvest.


Please how do yo attract the bees

Christistruth00:
Please don't kill anyone na hungry dey catch dem.

you can keep beehives in the City on your property but you need to build a wall of at least 12 ft around it for safety. The wall can be made of plywood. The wall forces the bees to fly high into the air in a way that reduces the risk to humans

saliubello:
100 litres from 110 hives for all through 2019/2020 harvest.



This problem of theft was encountered only in this site. Other locations where I have hives do not record this unexplained loss.

From every indications so far, I now know the thieves stealing my honey, the neighbors living across the farm.

1. Those boys seen with honey on the morning my apiary was raided lives just opposite my apiary. While I sleep 25km away on my bed in town.

2. Items recovered from the scene the day they were shot at by my security guard are actually the same personal effects they wore the day I first challenged them for stealing from my apiary.

3. Lastly, this is contestable but I can bet my life on it. The second time I saw them with honey and dipped my hand inside the honey they were carrying, it tasted the flavour of the flora found around my apiary. I'm used to that flavor so much.

4. The second time I challenged them on stealing my honey, the volume of the crevices where they showed me they had harvested from is too small compared to the volume and litres of honey found on them. The flavor too was far from the scent/flavor of the flower of the tree that housed the wild colonies.

5. Account of the neighbors of the honey thieves in regards to the direction where they were seen or sighted in the wee hours of the nights of the days my hives were raided indicated they were coming from the directions of my apiary.

With these information, I know the thieves making a mess of my beekeeping ventures.

Christistruth00:
Can you install concealed CCTV Camera once you get evidence you can challenge them or inform police

saliubello:
We have acquired few units of Langstroth hives ( oyinbo styled hives ) and hoping to stock them with bees from our swarm catchers which we have placed in various places.

Updates as we progress

saliubello:
Financials

Financial projection below is only my idea from experience


To make at least One million naira (N1,000,000) revenue (excluding expeditures ) from direct honey sales each year, I will require a minimum of 70 units of improved beehives.

This will be attainable ONLY if I Can commit a sum of three hundred and sixty thousand naira (N360,000) being payment for one year salary for security staff to man the farm for an entire year.

saliubello:
Financials

Financial projection below is only my idea from experience


To make at least One million naira (N1,000,000) revenue (excluding expeditures ) from direct honey sales each year, I will require a minimum of 70 units of improved beehives.

This will be attainable ONLY if I Can commit a sum of three hundred and sixty thousand naira (N360,000) being payment for one year salary for security staff to man the farm for an entire year. This was the starting point of the decisions.

saliubello:
HARVEST REPORT
on getting home, we commenced the processing of the honey right away. put them in them press and squeeze.

A total approximate of 40litres of honey was squeezed out of the combs.

This gives an average of 8litres a box.

Further processing of the honey will continue today.

saliubello:
CONCLUSION

Yesterday, 19th January 2019, I invited a colleague to join me in harvesting the honey from the apiary. Im very SORRY that I couldnt bring you step by step images how we approached the hives and how we were picking out the combs for harvesting. All arrangements were made for the photoshop. But just as the operation commenced, the fellow handling the camera had wardrobe malfunction, he was badly stunged and that unsettled us greatly..

we commenced the operation::

1. We approached/inspected the boxes to be worked upon, ONLY 5 units as the rest of the other 5 hives has been vandalised and the honey therein stolen.
2. The operation went smoothly, as our team members had shared the tasks amongst ourselves. We usually open each hive, one at a time..then comes the buzz sounds..the bees approached us mercilessly in defence of there honey. we calm them down by puffing them with smoke..then bring our the frames, one after the other, this helps to find only those that contained sealed honey only..and separating the honey from brood.
3. The getaway was the difficult part, after harvesting the honey and our buckets were full, we carried them to the waiting vehicle, every one of us went in different directions so that the bees can stop trying to sting us/follow us..as my colleagues went different ways..i just drove the car with the honey round and round so they can stop following and they can make there way back to the hive..I picked up my colleagues shortly after i could turn the car.. and off we went..
4. The veils were removed in the car after moving a distance away from the hives.

Ngenge:
Waterleaf