Recent content by BlueMonsoon

Why, are you looking for a new victim?

Really....

Sounds to me that Philip***** it up for all of us...

Cut priced food stamps...

Cut out a piece of fine mesh the same size as the apiguard tray, place the mesh over the hole in the crown board, then invert the apigard tray, open side down and place it on top of the mesh, put your roof back on, no eke needed. That's it. The mesh it to stop them pulling out the apiguard...

oliver90owner. At this time of year there is a lot of bee die off, drones and workers, on cold, wet days they're not always removed from the hive, thus they can build up on the floor and can block off the entrance. With the entrance block inverted, the entrance space is still the same size, one...

It is better if you have your entrance block up the other way, then the entrance can’t get blocked with dead bees or debris on the floor, if your entrance block was up the other way, they could still climb over any debris. But that is just my opinion...

I'm having a simular problem with one of my hives. Just finished the second veroa treatment and started feeding them two weeks ago, I added a super under the brood box the same time that I started feeding and hive was inspected. Yesterday the hive swarmed, but I managed to get them into a nuc...