Search results

Thanks Ben, hadn't even thought of queen doing orientation flights. Dave

Thoughts anyone ?

Do successfully mated queens always return with "mating sign" in place ? Today I picked up a queen from the ground outside her nuc and as weather was turning iffy and the odd wasp was out looking for its next protein fix ,I placed her on the landing board and she hopped straight back in.I am...

Did anyone else use rice (uncooked ! ) which produced a pleasing scattergun effect ?

Ta for that but can confirm it is minus queen and laying workers.

Thanks Dani...that saves getting the ladders out !

Is there any reason why I can't split a queenless hive (double brood and supers) into two and unite these to two queen right hives using newspaper ? I can't think of anything but I may well be missing something. Thanks in anticipation Dave

Steve, going back to my other question, do bees move pollen within the hive?

Already on brood and a half plus supers

Three questions if I may 1 ) Some brood boxes are chock a block with pollen,should I remove some frames to free up space for the queens laying, if so what to do with said frames (no deep freeze available) ? 2) Do bees move pollen around within the hive themselves? 3) If an abundance of nectar...

Mandolins a good ideabut I think that a banjo would burn better.......

I'm guessing a 1000w drill would easily handle a " honey creamer " but would it be suitable to spin a 4 frame, manual ,tangential extractor ? Dave

Just wondering if anyone uses sugar dusting for accelerated drop as means of mite counting ?

Pellucid fly or something similar ?