Recent content by rugbee

Wow I wish I could take bee to the borage like you Steve and be a real beekeeping guru

So she was dead with a ball why why place her out side the hive she was dead what was she going to do So this swarm the spider got the queen despite thousands of workers and drones it got the queen Virgins maybe

How many hives And were they all aggressive Do you count them when they return or leave Bees only defend their nests Can't quite understand why they would return even if you had not moved them far enough they would not be interested in you they just fly around and die

I'm lost who is mr spider

I'll give some feedback stick to IT

I'm sort of wondering why they would leave the hive and camp on the outside getting ready to swarm were they only on the front by the entrance only

Wow you have a lot to say l take it by this and the editing of what I said that you just advocate OA based on somewhat slanted costing I really don't care much about the cost of it as I did say I don't and am unlikely to use it I did say economic as there are other costs, going round sites in...

So what other treatment are you using in the active season if not thymol or similar OA kills mites I'm sure not a treatment I use but I can't see in any way three treatments in the winter is ever going to be more economic

CBPV is not associated with varroa neither are most of the viruses There are only a few that are made more lethal with the presence of varroa the most common being DWV CBPV is made worse in poor years by confinement to the hive as it passes From bee to bee when they rub together (The non...

I think that maybe varroa is the most likely candidate With regards to CBPV there are two types of the virus you guessed type 1 & 2 One you describe is right being black hairless bees some times called ' little blacks' they are often ejected from the hive and refused entry The one causing most...

Finman You need to get out more I finish feed and treat by October don't touch again till I feed again in March especially as you say we have it easy over here You don't seem to do too bad with the average crop you quote still yet lots of ways to work out average crops

Apivar is the best option if you have it use two strips two or three frames apart in the cluster they are coming out of winter now I start feeding next week. leave in for at least eight to twelve weeks as it is quite slow acting and bee movement will slow dosage (lack of) use of oxalic is not as...

wow lets see burn your house down or destroy a colony of bees i will need a while on that one i m sorry just how does letting those bees suffer a long term death make us better beekeepers ps i have kept bees before your forum was about

don't really think i need telling what bees do at this time of year or any other time thanks if bees are clustering outside at this time of year then their future as breeding stock should be in doubt or that's just one among many reasons OMF are not used any where on my bee farm