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Hi John.
Yes that is the situation - bees head first deep in the cells. This was a first year colony from a swarm so it would be shame if a new swarm is unable to build on last yrs efforts. Thank ... |
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Hi,
One of my hives starved out over the winter [based on there being absolutely no stores and one big pile of bees in hive] and I have just gone to clean it out in the hope of repopulating with swar ... |
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Thanks for the advice as ever. Will fashion a screen and moderate any further feeding.
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An unnoticed small swarm took up residence in my 6 bar bait hive 4-6 weeks ago and I transferred them into a TBH this weekend. Coming and goings had looked normal and certainly were carrying in pollen ... | |
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Hi Graham,
What angle is the bevel on your bars ? They look pretty steep and was wondering about the attachment strength in relation to this discussion http://www.biobees.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1 ... |
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Thanks again for your advice Barbara.
Unfortunately having come out of the winter with 3 colonies in 2 TBHs, and capturing a swarm and placing in a Perone, all have died out ! Having gone through a ... |
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Hi
Unfortunately one of my tbh colonies that appeared to be extremely strong around July has died off (unknown reason) and the hive is now infested with wax moth - the lid and bars totally gummed up ... |
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Thanks for the response Barbara.
I have 2 hives in that location and so very likely I have missed prime and/or cast swarms. The large swarm I did catch could have come from the other hive - though th ... |
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Hi -
Checked one of my hTBHs today after I had collected a swarm from the site last Monday. I had a very easy inspection from end to end, no agitation, no need to use smoke. However there is a reaso ... |
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Hi - If you find the time I'd be interested in reading an update on the perone's progress over this summer. Problems/swarms/honey/outlook ?
Thanks Mal |
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Barbara
Yes, now you say it I see that the central holes into the honey section are just an open back door inviting the wasps in. Yes both colonies appear queen right so will attempt a transfer ... |
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Hello - the above htbh came through the winter with both colonies intact.
Early season both were very busy with plenty of bees. In late June I took Phil's advice (as above) and now have an arrangeme ... |
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Hi Barbara -
I'm not sure I have a laying worker at all - but I last checked my hives a couple of weeks ago and noted a drone cell pepper pot pattern, and now reading this post is making me wish I'd ... |
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Hi - if you had a laying worker situation in an immoveable hTBH hive, is there any alternative method ? Is it worth attempting to empty the whole hive into nuc style boxes and performing that process, ... | |
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Hi johno - I have mesh floors and cut my followers to mesh shape.
I assume your followers are too short to cut now (else they'd be pushing the mesh flush or sitting proud of the top of the hive body) ... |
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Hi - that must be a fantastically satisfying result for your first year in the Perone !
I populated 2 TBHs last yr, one with a prime swarm and another with a split and a 2nd swarm. All 3 colonies ha ... |
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Hi - I have only had tbh since last summer and both have been built to Phils spec.
My only advice would be to think now about how (if) you wish to feed the bees over the winter, and how thick your i ... |
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Hi Mannanin,
Yes I am thinking purely in terms of insurance - but if they do have enough stores does giving them access to fondant [placed on top of a drilled topbar] have any negative aspects ? Wo ... |
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General question on winter feeding an HTBH.
I'm guessing the hive has built up 'enough' stores for the winter - the weather was pretty nice in Oct and bees were all over the ivy. I don't particularl ... |
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Interesting, but if they are actively using it to rid themselves of mites then it indicates that the bees are unable (physically or communicatively) to groom each other to do the same. Which is maybe ... | |
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Remember to acknowledge that a written forum is sometimes hard to express passionately held feelings without appearing over bearing and pompous, and especially if the forum is multinational/cultural. ... | |
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Hi Knucker,
Just to let you know that I followed the procedure as in Phil's description above and it worked and the hive is going into this winter looking strong. What did I learn ? I placed the to ... |
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Thanks very much everyone.
It's interesting to me that there is consensus that the colony hasn't developed as strongly as it should have [though I remain defiantly proud of their efforts!] After d ... |
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Hi,
I took a look at my first yr tbh (populated with prime swarm in May) and everything looks fine - happy activity, laying, stores, pollen coming in nectar etc. The current arrangement is somethi ... |
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I haven't been stung whilst wearing my suit (in this my first year) but have had one whilst viewing unsuited (an unintentional trip and arm wave)
My instantaneous reaction was one of panic - at the f ... |
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Thanks for this advice Phil, I will leave them as separate colonies.
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I have 2 colonies separately in a Chandler design 46 inch TBH, both introduced this year - the original from a split and the second a few weeks later from a swarm I captured before I confirmed there w ... | |
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All bees in the swarm are "programmed" to find a new home
So that indicates an answer to niggling question I've had for a while regards the 3ft or 3 mile rule and swarms. Is there any fur ... |
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Hi- as a first timer I have just performed B - ie installed 3 modified top bars to and now transferred from a National.
Even though I put the top bars in the hive far too early in the season (ie th ... |
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