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  1. J

    Hello From Portugal

    From July/August till now, I have to feed them, because as you notice, the land is too dry. But early October, rain fell for a day or two and was enough to some local species produce some flowers. The bees are foraging pollen and some nectar. The land in the pics look too dry because the land...
  2. J

    Hello From Portugal

    I have the hives in southern Portugal, Algarve. Here are two of the three apiaries: The other hives are still in the previous owner apiary .
  3. J

    Hello From Portugal

    Thanks. Well, right now all I want is to learn and practice. In the nearby future, I intend to increase the number of hives (it depends of the "day" job), being the magical number 400 hives.
  4. J

    Hello From Portugal

    Thanks for your warm welcome. I will try to answer some of the questions. The hives types mainly used in PT are "Lusitana" developed by a priest and more adapted to PT environment and local bees. Then the hive evolved to "Reversível" which means that we can use the frames aligned with the...
  5. J

    Hello From Portugal

    Hello all. I am a recent beekeeper from Portugal. Start with 12 hives I bought from a cousin. So much to learn, but I am loving it. Cheers. J. Alves
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