Recent content by russw

most of the varroa are in the capped brood cells (thats what I thought). thats why we treat when there's little or no brood

I've just been checking on the bees. There seems to be quite a number of them coming in and out with white strips on the back of their heads. I fairly certain that it's pollen. Can anybody tell me (or have a guess) at what type it is?

just a quicky. dont forget petrol vapours (which the bees smell) are heavier than air and flow down and out. I personaly wouldn't use petrol, people under estimate how dangerous it is. (I work with it).

try putting your finger at the enterance, you'll soon find out how good your guard bee are.

bait hive, quick. lol

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Keep them!!! if not I have a good home for them.

cedar does not need treating, due to natural oils the the wood

It seems like the same old thing here, ask 4 beekeepers a question and you'll get 6 answers. Saying that, I do agree with Rab, because if you put mesh over the hole in the cb, the bees will propolis it up (that speaks volumes to me)...

I had scout bees around my bait hive on sunday, the swarm turned up today :-)

home made brocolli and stilton.

join your local beekeepers association is the best advice I can give, theres always somebody to help you out.

sorry Oliver, Im new to this too. but won't all the bees including the queen cluster in the warmest part of the hive and if thats in a super on top of the bb then any brood would be left in the bb at the bottom?

or they will all go into the super with the queen and the brood will be left to die