Recent content by Brewer24

I visited PEI back along during the winter. Still a lovely place tho. I remember the houses having a ring of thick fir trees around the garden as wind breaks. Or you could use one those little cabins they put on the frozen inlets when they fish through the ice. Hope you make a go of it as the...

Any suggestions on the most efficient and easiest to use uncapping tool. Only 6 hives (on average) and usually demaree a 50 to75% of them depending on strength of colony. I make my own foundation less frames and have been taking cut comb up till now but I received a four frame spinner for...

Yep. I make my own and have found the two roofs that are gable design are a pain in the rectum when carrying out inspections. Flat roofs in future!

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You guys are worrying me. Lost a colony last winter so been accurate on treatment this summer. A couple of splits vaped this summer whilst capped brood was minimal. Apiguard treatment August/September. Very low Varroa drop on the OMF boards. My OA was left over from last year so although it...

You’re not alone here mate. I have one hive (TB) that I assumed swarmed in early April when I was away. As I thought it was too early in the year to swarm I found QC’s and knocked them back (stupidly) thinking I’d caught them in time. Put a cut out of eggs in, they disappeared! Don’t know how...

Many thanks for positive (not very) comments oliver90owner. Just READ the query which has nothing to do with treatments and without the need for dumb comments about horses. But to do with the pattern of fallen cappings and on the rate of stores being eaten during this unseasonal mild weather...

Yes, yes & yes. I am based very far south and have 3 x nationals and 2x TBH. I haven’t lost a colony through winter cold or starvation. TB’s are closed up with wool blankets over the top and a bar set up that allows top feeding syrup and fondant if needed. So all good. Thanks for answering my...

Ok 3 times 5 days apart it will be. I presume your bees don’t suffer from varroa mite. Lucky you?

Calm down. The only disturbance is vaping!

1) Well they have some capped brood so I was going treat once these have matured as the drop was pretty big? My TB has a viewing panel and the cluster is on the right hand side and cappings are heavy on the right with them spreading out to the left. Definitely no brood on the left because no...

I vaped my hives a few days ago and checked the bottom board (OMF) today for mites. Tremendous drop especially in my TB hive so it was worth doing and I’ll repeat in 10 days or so. The query is my TB hive also had quite a bit of cappings along the OMF. Obviously from brood. But also further away...

Many thanks. I have a stream running thru the garden so all good. Cheers.

Based in Dorset it wasn’t a great summer for honey. Today is warm and sunny so I hefted my hives which were quite heavy and was expected as the girls have been and still are, bringing loads of pollen from Ivy. Being warm I lifted the CB’s and looked at the outside frames. They are rammed floor...

Also seeing small crops of what looks like Rape dotted around Dorset amongst other crops, not a farmer so don’t understand the reasoning behind it. Also only a small amount of Ivy flowering around me so just need the weather to be kind for a bit longer.