Beequip - Beequipment SA

27/03/2026

Check out our March Bulletin...

If you want to be a beekeeper these days not only must you be an insect behaviouralist, but also a meteorologist, an economist, a psychologist and a financier!

27/02/2026

FEBRUARY BULLETIN...

I have always, in the past, enjoyed a good crop of this delicious dark honey and was hoping once again to make up for a poor harvesting season elsewhere.

30/01/2026

See our first bulletin for 2026!

The beekeepers in the Western Cape have had a devastating start to the mid-summer honey producing and pollination season, whereas the beekeepers up in the far northern part of Limpopo and Mpumalanga have been washed away by the aggressive recurring floods they seem to be experiencing on an annual ba...

25/11/2025

Check out our latest Bulletin...

Remember when the rains started during October, November was a wet month and then the thunderstorms and heavy downpours arrived in December. I’m talking about the weather patterns up on the Highveld, of course. What is important about this is that our good honey harvests return, unlike last year w...

30/09/2025

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You know when Spring has sprung when the Wild Pear, Dombeya rotundifolia, shows off all its white flowered glory in the bushveld. It is very good for the bees after a relatively dry winter period and gets them going with renovating the hive and prompting the queen to start laying again.

28/08/2025

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August is a decisive month for all beekeepers throughout the country. On the Highveld you need to be ready for the changing seasons from winter to spring to summer all in the space of one week, and if you’re in the Cape you need to be gearing up for pollination season despite the continuous cold a...

28/08/2025

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I must say it does become worrying when the weather is so unpredictable, especially during our “off-season”, that it is difficult to predict what sort of season we will experience during the second half of the year. The other evening, I was driving back from the shops after 5 in the afternoon an...

01/07/2025

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Be grateful we do not have these sorts of conditions for our winter months, although spare a thought for the Cape Beekeepers at this time of year who may experience very cold conditions.

13/06/2025

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It’s FreezeBee time of the year again! Seems like winter has started a little earlier than usual and Winter Management is the current topic you need to be focusing on.

20/05/2025

06/05/2025

Our NEW Yellow Garden Feeder Stand!

BEEQUIPMENT – RANDPARK RIDGE
MIKE MILES (Registered Beekeeper – TA735)

For external feeding, with our Green Feeder and Nectar Substitute.

A convenient way to feed your bees during the cold months ahead.
Yellow Bee Feeder Stand - R375 each
Green Plastic Feeder - R20 each

With an ant guard halfway up the stem, smeared with a dollop of Vaseline under the Saucer, to prevent garden ants from accessing the feeder platform.

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