I think it was on here someone suggested heating the feeder in the oven at a low heat for 15 minutes then pouring in melted wax. I did this with three I made up , you pour in the wax and it stays very fluid but soaks on well, and just pour out the excess. No problems with leaks. Just remember to...
I would also get the entrance as small as possible and clean up any syrup spills. Wasps are about in force where I am and could wipe out a colony given incentive.
If possible put the brood box below one super, if you can fit all the used frames from the two supers in to one super. Just a thought, they only have one super to use before shifting to the brood box.
Hi all
My eldest (aged 11) would like to have a go at making candles. He is happy to start with something simple. I was thinking tea/night lights might be a good place to start. Can anyone with experience help. If tea/night lights are the way to go what is the shopping list?
Any help much...
Try the QX for a couple of days.
Beyond that you will either isolate a virign queen or annoy a colony that is dead set on leaving. If there is a mated queen , if you can keep her there and she lays your chances go up.
MDOTB makes good points re the thickness they will draw frames to.
The only other thing I would say is to consider marking the frames as being without foundation. I just put a line on mine (like a minus sign). When you have all your supers back at the end of the season you know not to extract...
Great question!
I am not even sure I know of a definition of a bad beekeeper.
If you lived in a built up area and let your bees swarm I would say maybe you could argue that beekeeper was inconsiderate but bad?
If you dropped frames all the time full of bees maybe clumsy not not bad?
I suppose...
If the site you moved them to is within about three miles of where you collected them then some of the bees might return to the swarm site the next day. It has happened to me and within a couple of days they had moved on.
Can I suggest a very good article to read:
There are Queen Cells in My Hive
I hope the link works.
It does now .....Dani.
http://www.wbka.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/There-Are-Queen-Cells-In-My-Hive-WBKA-WAG.pdf
Knocking down queen cells isn't a successful approach to stopping them swarm!!