Recent content by Old brock

Some bees sat happily at door others went for we flights made it back in, others failed to land at door and fall to ground and struggle/die others fly out, land then die or chill. My poly hive which has a better landing board thing has much less death outside

Did you witness the bees flying and dying outside the hive or are they corpses removed and dumped by undertakers? I don't think that is an excessive drop if it is the latter Saw a few fly out and land in the snow, then struggle. My poly hive has much less death outside

Sad to see ☹️

Wow, never seen that before, that’s beautiful

Having made a good few errors in my short time as a beekeeper, wilding comb has been the most beautiful 😁

Due to late heather and being busy I’ve still not put in varoa stripes. Is it too late now. Cheers 🦡

Whole mountain ranges intense purple

The ling heather blossom up here in the northern Cairngorms is superb this year, really superb. Checked my two hives last week and they were getting busy with it. Don’t think I’ve seen the hills so purple

Quick check of my hives, exchanged an annoying plastic queen excluder for a wooden framed metal one, and added another super onto another hive. The heather blossom is excellent this year. I’m not sure how much of it the girls will fill but the first super is rammed and mostly capped :)

Okay, for various reasons outwith my control my hive never got treated for varoa in autum or winter. I know this is not ideal but I need to do the best I can now to help the bees. What treatment should I do to help them. Regards Brock