Recent content by Lou from Aus

Thanks all, appreciate the tips.

Wow. Thanks. Real helpful.

Hi All, So I moved house a month ago, still access to the empty old house where my hive is at the moment. I've read up on moving the hive - distance, do it at night, all that stuff. Went up there this evening, tried to seal off the entrance and it didn't seal properly. Well they were MAD...

Thank you, that's the exact hive I have too, so maybe it's a problem with that design. It does seem the mesh floor came away giving the bees a back door. Will replace tacks with staples i think!

Thanks all, great advice. Will get my hammer out!

Amazing thank you! There was no brood in the comb, I did check that. I had spotted the queen inside the hive before I relocated the downstairs lot, so I'm hoping there wasn't a second queen under there! I'll have a look at my mesh floor to make sure there's no holes. Many thanks!

Hi everyone, Yesterday I discovered loads of bees under the mesh floor of my hive. I'd noticed them coming and going from the back of my hive, didn't think much of it really, until yesterday i had a proper look. There was a clump about the size of half a football, they'd started making comb...

I made a wasp trap out of a coke bottle, they weren't interested at all! :( Too busy trying to get my girls!!

Thanks for your reply! I do realise they have no idea of revenge :) ... Though the thought of them being mad at me and setting 'Home Alone' style traps does make me chuckle! I'm sure they're fine, they just spent less time on the front of the hive before I put this guard in. Thanks again! :)

Hi everyone, This is my first year of my hive, and it's been really flourishing. I've been recently having problems with wasps - as have everyone! - so I got a wasp guard door, closing the entrance right down to try and stop them coming in. Since then my girls have been really busy on the...