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AugustC Replies: 10 Views: 15372 |
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I will download and give it a try but I don't have many more inspections this year as things are winding down a bit.
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AugustC Replies: 1 Views: 8150 |
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closest hive type would probably be the sun hive. Do some searches online and you should be able to find the dimensions. I believe it was originally designed by an artist. | |
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AugustC Replies: 5 Views: 8244 |
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I think that is a sensible choice. The very best time to do any transfer is in spring when the colony is actively engaged in growth. At this time of year they are looking to consolidate ready for wint ... | |
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AugustC Replies: 17 Views: 22133 |
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I have had success using masking tape.
You create girdle or swing for the comb with it extended up over the topbar. The bees attach the comb and then chew off the masking tape and remove it themselve ... |
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AugustC Replies: 5 Views: 8757 |
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Hi there,
@AugustC: Does your experience with the periscope entrance indicate it is a good or bad idea? I guess you mean it seems to be a good idea at least from a straight comb standpoint? BR, g ... |
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AugustC Replies: 1 Views: 8746 |
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Adding eggs to the hive and providing the opportunity to raise a new queen is absolutely the right thing to do to rescue the colony. If you could remove the drone layer then so much the better.
You ... |
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AugustC Replies: 5 Views: 8757 |
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The chief cause of problems is solutions - Eric Sevareid
I think you could achieve the option of cold way and warm way by simply drilling a hole in the side and on the end as an choice for you. Y ... |
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AugustC Replies: 2 Views: 7097 |
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For a swarm add bars to the outside of the nest only not into in between the brood bars the way you might for an established colony to expand their brood nest and suppress swarming. Let them expand at ... | |
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AugustC Replies: 21 Views: 20608 |
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I really think the whole move them 3 miles then back malachy is so much a**e gravy. On reflection, that seems harsh ![]() What I mean is, I think when you move them a short distance you are very aware ... |
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AugustC Replies: 21 Views: 20608 |
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Bearding in hot climates is more usually to do with heat (and humidity) in the UK, especially in the north, this rarely an issue so it is more likely pre-swarming behaviour. I don't know what your cli ... | |
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AugustC Replies: 2 Views: 6136 |
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If short if the hive is empty bait it as soon as bees are flying until they aren't.
Just keep half an eye to wax moth and wasp. best of luck |
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AugustC Replies: 10 Views: 12266 |
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cables ties and duct tape are essential items in a beekeepers toolkit...in everyone's toolkit actually! | |
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AugustC Replies: 3 Views: 6535 |
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well spotted, yes.
The follower needs to be cut to the profile of the bottom. If you are using mesh you will need to cut a curve in the end of the board to accommodate the bulge of the mesh. |
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AugustC Replies: 4 Views: 8428 |
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Hi everyone,
Questions I have off the top of my head: 1) screened bottom board or solid? I've read arguments for both, and was wondering what your experience is. 2) Would you put your entrance at ... |
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AugustC Replies: 1 Views: 5111 |
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It really depends why you are beekeeping.
Nationals and Langstroths are honey farming factories. Managed conventionally they apply huge amount of demand on the bees to fill cavities above them. Healt ... |
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AugustC Replies: 11 Views: 18015 |
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honestly that far in I would consider leaving them until after they swarmed, hoping to catch the swarm OR split off the current queen and some brood, and leave in place for the foragers. Then move the ... | |
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Hi, usually a colony with a "failing" queen would be perfectly capable of superceding her. One good egg and they're away. A younger queen who has run out of fertilised eggs would lay drones ... | |
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Hi Justin
I agree with Barbara (it is usually hard not to) one would not usually pay for a swarm. That said even the weakest swarms can recover and make good. I would give them a sugar dusting. Buy ... |
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AugustC Replies: 10 Views: 12266 |
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it is strong... just very very bendy | |
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Hi BSJ
I am sorry not everything is going to plan. btw the way another good thing about using the full round top bar guides is that you can squish the new made wax around them rather than use hang ... |
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AugustC Replies: 0 Views: 6238 |
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It has been a while since I asked a question so thought I would dive back in.
Where I keep my bees is the edge of farmer's field. The grass there get very tall and seems to have a growth rate outst ... |
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Tricky.. is there any brood?
eggs or larvae Sometimes following a split there can appear to be a lot of drone brood or drones as they are the last ones to hatch out. BUT if a queen has failed to m ... |
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You may be in danger of gilding the lily.
There is very little you need to do, in the long run they will propolise the inside themselves. If it was winter and you were getting it ready for next year ... |
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are you able to split in the same hive?
this is quite handy if you have never done a split before as you can easily recombine if things don't go well. You'll need entrances at each end and two fol ... |
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if the comb in the bottom box is completely empty then you "could" take out a few combs and put them in the middle of a third box ready in case they build up enough to want a third box. The ... | |
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tried it this year with an eight frame nuc
https://youtu.be/NECvQm3pV4w if there is a nectar flow and enough bees they will move. The adapter doesn't have to be a beautiful piece of carpentry. ... |
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Sorry ... bears have been extinct in England for around 1000 years and my beekeeping experience doesn't extend that far.
best of luck A |
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Hi Patrick
Have you considered a Hogan style trap to collect the queen too? |
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AugustC Replies: 34 Views: 29134 |
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Is the cardboard strip applied between the top bar and the frames? B Yes it was, it might not be necessary in your case. This hive had "wild comb" across 5 frames. They have always re ... |
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Sorry Mal ... just to check. Was this a swarm or a split?
Swarms don't tend to come with queen cells. There is no situation I can think of where there would be queen cells and no brood. Do you mean ... |
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