Recent content by cygnus

What did you use for insulation of the cabinet walls?

Sounds as though you managed to get it infected. If you get stung by a bee you will get the pain and the swelling and nothing I've tried ever makes any difference although putting damp sodium bicarbonate will help ease the pain. Waste of time using antihistmine. The swelling goes down after a...

Thanks, I'll give the thymol a try.

This afternoon I went to refill my syrup feeders and found that two of them were still half full of syrup which was full of what seems to be an orange fungus and also there was black spot on the inside of the feeder and pink stain on the wall. There were also about 50 dead bees under one of the...

For me this is the treatment of choice for varroa. The girls get Apigard now and then a dose of oxalic acid in early december when there is virtually no brood to harbour varroa. I've done this for the last four years with no trouble. As a chemist IMO the 'elf & safety culture overblows the...