Recent content by Merryhill

I revisited the colony yesterday . I found the marked queen and she was laying well.In addition I found 2 large capped supercedure cells in the centre of two brood frames. I have now made a split.Thank you all.Perhaps I should have gone to Specsavers

Thanks for all your thoughts.I may well have missed tiny larvae, I'm no entomologist. I did look hard though. There is plenty of capped worker and drone brood and the queen is laying well. There are bees on 9 of the frames in the brood box (14 x 12 )I have decided to leave them for 3 to 4 days...

Yesterday I carried out a weekly inspection of a strong colony and as expected found a marked 2020 queen.However in addition I found 15 capped queen cells over 3 frames indicative of a colony about to swarm. On closer examination I found that none of the cells contained pupa, only royal jelly...

Many thanks for advice. Delay this end because of tech issues

On a slightly different note I have several litres of left over thymalised sugar solution from last year.It appears fine so do you think I can use it please?

In the light of the recent starvation alert I am thinking of feeding fondant to some of my hives.However I had planned to treat all hives with oxalic acid in December using a vaporiser . Can I do this while there is fondant in the hive or must I remove it before the application?