Beekeeping

Frank Lindsay, who's a commercial beekeeper, drops round with the swarm he's been looking after and gets me to open my hive and merge the two colonies. The reason for merging the two colonies is to… Audio

The big day when the bees arrive at my place. The hives are painted, we've waxed the plastic frames where the bees will start to build comb. For most new beekeepers this is how you'd get your first… Audio

There's nowhere for the backyard bees to stay yet so we heat up some wax to build a hive for them. Audio

We recruit a swarm of 10,000 bees to join my back-yard bee hive. Audio

Meet our bee team for the first time, and This Way Up's bee mentor David Carleton visits Simon's place for a site inspection. Audio

We're setting up a bee hive next to the Funky Chicken Farm. The plan's to get that honey flowing while at the same time spreading the love and getting a bit of pollination happening in the 'hood. Audio

Carol Downer is passionate about bees and says even city people can happily have their own hives. Audio