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Bought four brushes to use when extracting to brush off the bees, the hairs fall out by the dozen, im not sure if it's because they are... -
Nannysbees replied to the thread What did you do in the Apiary today?.Same thing happened again today, huge cloud of bees in the air then descended on the nuc. Going to transfer them into a brood box!!
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Nannysbees replied to the thread What did you do in the Apiary today?.Had a peek inside the hives but nothing untoward. Reduced a hive down to one brood from two as they've been messing about with raising a...
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plenty of wasps around here - and appearing at the usual time of year, when I do the August extraction.
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Very few wasps in the outapiary this year, but plenty of European hornets. They're amazing looking animals and butcher a bee on a heart...
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No way! Used a tripod ladder, but as usual, ignored the manual which said do not climb higher than the second step, because, well, I had... -
Blimey ... I'm not sure I would have been that brave on the top step of an A-frame steps working from below the nest ! 25lbs above...
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Jeepers man, I know it is a disaster but boy you are one lucky man to have those around you that could save you. you must have done by...
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I am coming up to 80, and do find things getting a bit heavy, with the top brood box weighing up to 60 pounds, it's OK moving across...
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It's the same with any task that is proving difficult or overwhelming. Sit back and take time to figure out how to split the task into...
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Yes, I'd dearly love to have an extraction room. Sequential extracting in our fairly small kitchen is not a recipe for domestic...
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It helps if you are lifting the supers from a comfortable height - make your hive stands a height where you have your supers at about...
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Try what I have to do sometimes - put half a dozen frames into a correx nuc box first, makes work but reduces the weight.
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Depending on how many supers you are talking about, one option is to take some of the fames out of the super and put them in a spare...
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That's the problem with growing old. The muscles start wasting. I'm fighting it by going to a weightlifting gym a couple of times a...