Hi, I am not sure as I am based in Sydney. However they have an active Apiarist association who should be able to advise on clubs in or near Albany.
Also, there are a number of WA beekeepers who subscribe to the following facebook groups who could offer some advice.
Not sure if you are suggesting posting from Queensland or Perth? WA doesnāt allow bees to be brought into the state as we are free of a number of diseases and pests that are present in Queensland.
You are right Dunc, cannot import bees into W.A.
How are your spring bees?
I wrote that then realised whatās going on your side of the planet and where you are.
I hope youāre OKā¦
Yeah, the EQās are causing a fair bit of chaos but didnāt lose my house this time round. I got up in the middle of the night to check the hives hadnāt fallen over.
Spring is working out well thanks @Dee. Split my only colony back at the beg of October and the new one is going super well. Just put the flow supers on both #1 and 2 and both are getting waxed/propolised, so hopes high for my first go at flow extraction one of these days.
Made a tiny split about a month ago with a swarm cell a neighbour gave me and that hive is humming along beautifully. Iāve now caught four swarms, both in my bait hives and two caught while standing on the roofrack of my truck. Three of them have been from my school (Iām a teacher) - yes, I have a bait box in a tree outside my classroom. So, have gone from one hive to seven in fairly short order and run out of gear. Great fun.
Glad to hear that you are OK, @Sting. As a Californian, I am well aware of the fear of earthquakes, and I admire the way you have dealt with it in a logical and sensible manner. 
Just caught another swarm at school. Thatās two days in a row and four in less than two weeksā¦ crazy! But fun.
Great fun with the swarms.
Iām sitting here planning workshop stuff.
Itās 12ĖC and raining The bees are looking out but going nowhere as all forage has gone. All they are doing is continuing to brood and eating stores Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
Got 40kg off that first big swarm so far and itās not even a good season here according to the experts! Lovinā it
Wow, you got 40kg of honey from your Flow Frames? Thatās great news 
Would love to some photos or videos so that I can share it with the Flow team 
Would love to say yesā¦ but itās a regular langstroth not flow. My flow hives are much slower ( 
Ahh well. I guess you did all the things to encourage bees onto your Flow Frames?
http://forum.honeyflow.com/t/how-to-encourage-bees-to-fill-the-flow-frames/6535
Sure did. Just a bit slowā¦
Hive two is mostly full now. Hive one a fair bit slower. The 35kg box is in a different area with possibly a better flow.
Ah okay. You never know I guess.
@Faroe Iāve got 9 flow frames and managed to collect about 25-27kg so far this summer (first season and by all accounts less than average for nectar flow given how messed up the weather has been). Iāve got another 10kg Iām expecting to rob within the month.
I find my hybrid super performs significantly better than the full flow super. Iāve been toying with the idea of going to 3 hybrids next year instead of 1 hybrid and 1 full flowā¦
Iāve also for a half deep Iām using for honeycomb.
Thatās interesting feedback.
I guess you could split your current full Flow Supers and make them all into hybrids and have honeycomb and straight Flow honey
I have heard (somewhere on this forum) that beehives, even standard hives can differ quite a lot even if they are just a few metres apart. So, I wonder if it is because itās a hybrid or because itās just natureā¦ 
27kg of honey sounds like enough honey to keep you going a while 
