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In that case should I be concerned that there is no varroa droppage on the other colony or just accept Apigaurd worked well in one colony better than the other?

Let me know how the vapmite works out.. if it’s worth the investment please.

Morning all, as the weather started to change and our first heavy frost in the SE. I took some celotex up to my WBC’s When I removed the varroa floor I found 6 dead bees, and a few Varroa mites about 8 in 2 weeks. The comb residue looked to be brood and some food capping colour. Should I be...

Not really, you have to be inclusive these days..

Wow, I found it difficult for my first season, not enough supers at the start and chasing myself with frames etc.. They just kept growing..

Api strips are in, todays count was 12 so hoping that looks ok.. Think I’ll brace an oxalic acid treatment. Yes it was my strongest colony filling 3 supers with bees every time.. they drawer comb and filled a super in 6 weeks. I thought that was pretty quick..

Beginning of the year… Strips are in now. The double brood has very little dropage over 2 weeks. The 14x12 had quite a bit around the 100 mark. Off to check again after 24hrs to recount the droppage.

Last year I removed frames and inserted 50mm celotex in both sides.. Guess I’ll try it again..

I’m worried that there aren’t enough bees to keep it warm over winter.. compared to how it was.. it’s such a big space.. The double brood is packed even bursting out.. the 14/12 very few bees on the front and 50% reduction in 2 weeks.

So the end of my first full season, And wow what a learning curve!! I have two colonies 1on a double brood and the other on 14x12. Now both colonies have varroa strips in but the 14x12 has had a significant reduction in the number of bees. When I removed my supers they were packed in now it...

Ive been totally shocked as this is my first year. I was selling pound jars at £6 and a £5 to friends. But as I took my 2nd summer harvest.. I decided on the same shrink flation tactic as the big brands and it’s worked. I’m nearly out of Honey and sold 8oz hex jars at £4.50 a pop.. which there...

I know there are posts all over about wax moth. But can anyone shed any light on freezing super frames? Do they need to be wrapped? Does any uncapped nectar need to be removed? I’ve had wax moth on 4 frames now I want to take no chances. So any light on the following when freezing? 1. Wrapped...

I hate opening them, and try not to disturb them at all, lol put 3 supers at a time and try and change them all at once. With **** this can be difficult. But I did ok this year. I’ve just moved them to an out apiary, and now need to think about treatments and condensing them into the brood box..

Nope, the body does strange things at times.. but the Dr has advised me to still get an epi-pen just in case.

Nope… but I reckon the sting that put me out cold was behind the ear and the brain felt threatened. Since then I’ve been stung, chin, cheek bone, back, arms and legs. With out a single episode…

I’ve got a colony where the queen has filled nearly all the frames of 14x12 and produced 7 supers full of honey and that included drawing 3 supers of comb.. hardest working bee’s yet most aggressive little blighters.. Only went near them the other day to move an empty nuc box and swarmed me...

Might do that instead.

I’ve just done my last extraction, but I have a couple of frames that were not fully capped reading about 21%. I left the frames and thought uncap and leave it for the bees to clean with the wet supers? Any thoughts?

Apologies all, I’ve decide to carry on and have been a little busy with some family issues.. please close this post.

South east Kent CT14..