Hi everyone! I am new from beekeeping. Glad that I found this address. I live in Manila which has two seasons for the year. One is dry season which will start from February to August then followed by rainy season. I'll put my 2 hives on top of our roof but I noticed that the wind is strong in the afternoon. Should this be my concern? What is the tolerable wind speed which I can place my hives? What will be my remedy if in case the wind is strong? Thanks! Looking forward for your response! Happy new year!
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Yesterday I joined the Association group at the Apiary for the oxalic dosing session. This was demonstrated using a trickle 2 dispensing bottle which provides 5ml doses and is remarkably easy to perform. I purchased a dosing bottle and four hive doses from the association at member rates for my home apiary.
Today I took the opportunity to apply the oxalic to my hives. This was an opportunity to see the inside of the hives in their winter state. The three National 14 x 12 hives looked good but the WBC which houses the last swarm I collected appeared to have a smaller cluster than the others. I squashed a block of fondant down and applied it to the top of the frames so the bees can easily access it.
I plan to move the hives if we get a...
Despite being inert for many days with only an odd bee seen venturing out all 4 hives suddenly burst into life this morning. Afternoon showed the activity dropped back to previous levels.
The flyers I could see appeared to be mostly undertaking orienting flights although a few were venturing out of sight and the ivy some distance away has had some secondary flowers developing.
I made up insulating hive cozy covers from 1" polystyrene and 1" kingspan sheet. The polystyrene isn't very robust so I made up a thin plywood overskin cover using 4mm side walls and a 9mm top. This all fits smoothly over my 14 x 12 brood boxes and cover boards, leaving the omf floor frames exposed. For weatherproofing I have coated the outside of the overcover with fibreglass mat and polyester resin. I hope this will serve two purposes, waterproofing and potentially give woodpecker resistance.
The kingspan version I made up to encase my double brood 14 x 12 which resulted from the late combining of a queenless hive with a bought in nuc. My intent being to get the combined colonies through the winter and hopefully spring will reveal...
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Not much to report now winter is approaching. The bees are still pulling ivy pollen/nectar in with varying intensity depending on the weather. I have been feeding syrup via rapid feeders since the completion of varroa treatment and at last they seem to be slowing down their rate at which they take the syrup down into the hives. I keep looking in through the Perspex crown boards I made and the gaps between frames are full of bees so it looks as though they are ok.
Sometime in the next few days I will be cutting up the 1" Kingspan seconds I bought and creating cosy boxes for the hives.
I read all sorts of comments about insulation with bees overwintering with none, some and lots. It does seem to me the use of fantastic thicknesses of...
Spotted some sheets of clear polycarbonate in a local diy emporium at £9.99 for 600 x 1200mm so I brought one home. So far I have made 2 crown boards in one piece and enough material left for another albeit with a joint in it. Just a bit of scrap wood through the circular saw and some epoxy resin to add to the costs but much cheaper than buying ready made.
Very low pollen stores here too, although a fair bit more Bias which is a bit of a relief... Ivy is out but not seeing huge amounts of pollen going in.
A warm and sunny afternoon. All hives had bees clustering around the entrances plus foraging traffic. I removed the treatments from all the hives and transferred the frames from temporary hive 4 into an empty wbc for overwintering.
Gave all hives a 4 pint rapid feeder each of thymolated syrup. Let's see how they react.
The varroa boards on hives 2 and 3 had 97 and 64. (from the start of treatment) so treatment has been well worth doing. Now to leave the colonies to get ready to overwinter
I will cut some insulation to apply to the outside of the hives before winter arrives.
Hive inspection today and saw no eggs, larvae or brood. Saw Q tho. Apiguard tray been on for a week. Is this normal? Any thoughts? Thanks:sos:
Popped by the apiary on the way to collect the little ones and found 2 hives with roofs off, a stack of kit rifled through, and 2 more roofs askew.
Considering the hives are out of sight and well off the beaten track, I can only presume it was one of the railway workers. ?...and judging by the way the roofs were thrown,I reckon they were buzzed by one or more of my ladies.
Never had a problem with interference before, and will report it to the local Bobby.
It was 14ºc, and the bees were flying well as I topped up the feeders.
After many years away I came back to beekeeping this year, took in a swarm beginning of June. They have been doing really well, filled one super and are still collecting on warm days, (live in the south east).
Have been making weekly inspections and treated them every week with icing sugar up to middle of august, (went away for 2 weeks).
Owing to the colder weather have left them alone for 2 weeks.
Put the board under the mesh for 24 hours to measure varroa and where usually I've seen one or two brown coloured mites, this morning when I checked the board, the area which is underneath the 2 front brood frames was full of what look like young mites, (they were transparent, so young looking and about 50 of them).
I'm worried the queen is...
Cool and windy today quickly lifted the crown board of hive 4. Removed the spent Apilife Var remains and laid the final strips on the top of the frames. Quick glance at the end frame and comb drawn nicely with about half capped. Quickly back on with the crown board and a feeder then left them in peace. Hope next weekend is warmer so I can get an assessment of preparedness for winter.
Yesterday's association apiary session was a demo of application of feeders to the hives. Two of the hives were fitted with the large rapid feeders which sit directly onto a National brood box. Each was given 8 litres of syrup with Hive Alive.
Other hives were fitted with large white rectangular rapid feeders from Th****s using super boxes as ekes. The...
For newbeeks...(and old forgetful ones)Jobs for this month. You ought to be....1. Feeding your bees while they are still active with a 2:1 syrup ( with thymol if you can). Aim for 15-25 kg sugar per hive2. Treating your bees with a varroicide, eg Apiguard.3. Close up entrances to an inch/2.5 cm width and buy some mouse guards ready to affix with drawing pins at the end of the month.*4. Check all hive stands for rot and replace any likely to fail5. Check roofs for leaks and either get a cheap ratchet strap or a housebrick to weight them down6. If you haven't already, remove queen excluders.7. Keep your feeders topped up !8. Clean off mite boards on floors. Decide if you are overwintering on solid or open mesh floors.*9. Buy/make fondant...
Hives 2, 3 and 5 treated with Apiguard. Hive 4 treated with Apilife Var. No drastic results to the colonies noted.
Had a quick glance at end frames but resisted temptation to delve into the brood. Seems to be plenty of nectar being brought in from somewhere.
Next to last frame of hive 5 had an empty queen cell right in middle. A bit late for a succesful supercedure if they continue since the drones have been evicted over the last few weeks.
Yesterday was the end of second week treatments for the association Apiary hives. The nucs had their third Apilife Var treatments and the hives had their second Apiguard treatments.
Today in my home apiary I gave my no. 4 hive its second Apilife Var treatment. The other hives will get their second Apiguard next weekend as I am running my home apiary a week behind the association.
Glancing down into the brood the bees looked in good shape. All hives are showing heavy traffic in and out during the day with some bees hanging out of the entrances when the sun is on the hives. Some of the bees are carrying massive loads of yellow pollen in their leg pouches but by far the greater number seem to be gathering nectar from somewhere.
The...
Just made up the first batch of autumn feed syrup, might extract the final 5 supers if honey (although there could be more with next weeks hot spell on the way).
This makes a total of 14 supers off just 2 hives, with the others all building up after my losses 2 years ago...possibly my best result for some years as an average, and not even practiced migratory beekeeping either.
Just a shame the summer is almost over !
Hi toby
I have been looking for a queen for a nuc for a few weeks with no luck
IVe tried my bka and local ones
Happy to pay for her and postage if you have any left
Im in preston, lancs
Away on hols at moment, back next tuesday
He nuc has drone layer workers so it needs shaking out first
Please bear me in mind if you have a spare, i will take good care of her
Any thanks kath
