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Are you treating for mites this year?

Hopefully. They are looking in good shape going into winter

Just watched 😍🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝

Did you!!!! How did you track it down?

Wasps out in droves!! Reduced entrances right down

Apiguard working by well for our colonies, no dead bees in the trays, quite a few varroa left in them though, first treatment over on the second now, varroa drop impressive

That was our regime this year, supers of the 20th Aug varroa treatment on

They haven't taken any of it!!

Yes they are over four sides of the framed, put a dummy board in and they have a frame of pollen and a feeder on, back out again today, queen looks small!!

Second time today they did this!! They have a feeder on but obviously something is wrong!!

Checked the hives for food today one a little light so gave them a sugar feed. Saw all queens, psycho hive definitely calming down although wouldn't trust any of them without suiting up. Two of the apiguard trays empty so replaced them with their second treatment, three, one quarter left so will...

Thank you, brilliant advice

I have got a metal one, do you think they are better?

Plastic ones used about four kettles of boiling water on one!!!

Any tips on cleaning queen excluders?

Made our own transporter. Super frames go straight into the box and pulled up to the house. Runners added so the frames fit neatly inside, bee free, worked a treat!!

What a worthwhile thread I'm looking forward to the comments.i like the first link!!

Not for a few years

I know isn't it!! Course of oxalic Nov/ Dec last year. Will do the same this year, hopefully the apiguard will knock the load back

Apiguard has been in 3 days put the varroa boards in yesterday for 24 hours. Results are in Poppy 204 single brood Tinker 617 double brood Daisy 24 single brood Rosie 241, double brood Winnie 95 double brood Tinker had quite a long brood break as we struggled to requeen, I had a feeling the...