Well that took longer than I anticipated ! Idea was to scoop and pop in the top but then thought ooo rather pop in
The brood box in case Q is on the middle - supers were soooo heavy took those off first , brood box rammed too so put on a fresh super and made into brood n a half dropped over 5...
Thanks for your response Boston bees -the shape this morning certainly looks like she may be in the middle there - just weird to wait 10 days for this ? Do you think I should try and scoop them up and drop them into the hive then !? Think I need to erect a canopy first rise they are going to...
Hi Erichalfbee - thanks for your reply ! I know right! It looks like a swarm ball but my queen isn’t clipped …so if they really wanted to go why hang around BUT why would they swarm with so little in the brood chamber ? …
hello all - any advice / insight appreciated .
10 days ago I split my strong hive (pagden) leaving queen/flying bees and 2 frames of BIAS on the original site with the original
2 supers ( 1 full ). I was expecting the hive to swarm at first opportunity this season and on inspection they had...
Thx Mike and Enrico
I've had enough today ( already A/S another of my hives this morning !) going to take our advice mike and try and find the Q and A/S first thing in the morning ... Shattered!!!
Time for a VERY large glass of red !!!
Thx again !
Thanks I really appreciate your thoughts...
Just been to collect the cardboard box with swarm - Nothing!!!
Must have realised Q- and gone back to original hive
Ive just been intothe orignal hive with the intention of AS but cannot find the Q (Like you said I know at least shes there.
There are...
This afternoon I went to AS my hive - as I walked towards with my smoker in hand the bees began spilling like water out of the hive ...I was too late !
They settled on a nearby tree and having shook them into a box they are now waiting to be re-homed into a nuc (It was fairly small less than a...
lurker ? :-)
Apols...going into winter they were considered a 'stong' colony by some bee keepers, they are in a WBC with a large eek of insulation (2 inches) above their crown board - brood chamber only no super but a full 11 frames of mixed capped honey and pollen ...but I was still conscious...
Yesterday I cried!
I'm a new beekeeper, (first winter!) and have been worried about my bees in the freezing temperatures . Yesterday after 2 weeks of c.-10 temp for 2 solid weeks I knelt on the ground to try and look into my hive from the varroa mesh floor, for any signs of life - nothing...