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I am thinking that it is the Queen that should have the number rather than the hive/ brood box. Because when you move a hive or take out a queen in to a nuc or whatnot then it's easier to keep track of who is who. Pin a number on to the box she is in so that it can be moved with her. New Q's...

How do you know it's a supercedure and not the first swarm cell?? I would definately open it up next week.

I don't think you'll lose a cast. They wont swarm unless there is a QC in the hive. Standard practice in this situation is to release a couple of Q's and remove any other QCs. They will fight it out untill there is only one Q to head the colony. Well done!

No, never tried it. It sounds feasible though. Bees are V. sensitive to smells. Esp. the Q substance. I don't think virgins have a strong smell though. Ie. When hiving a cast it takes the bees a bit longer to find her.

The clue should be in the name. Bee "Keepers"! Surely not Bee "Killers"!

Put a scarecrow next to them with a bit of flappy stuf near the head. The bees go for it all the time and then get fed up with no reaction. Then when you go in you they don't attack you? Heard of it , never tried it.

What? Your bait hive has multiplied by two?

As far as I know it's not possible to buy fumidil anymore. What other treatments are there? And has anyone any experience using them?

I don't really know! It is the association apiary. I've just taken over management of it last week! The old manager came today and I told him they wouldn't take down the syrup "Fumidil?" he said. So I took a sample and have just come away from the microscope just now and I thought of this...

Adding more bees/brood may just be delaying the inevitable. Though you can treat with fumidil for nosema-- you can fumigate hive with acetic acid. But it wont kill spores in sealed stores. Chuck the lot away and scorch the hive? Though boiling the frames would be ok too. Nosema has been a very...

Have you tested for nosema yet? It does sound like it to me. Often if you try to feed syrup they can not take it down. Also squits is a sure sign of infection. I have a strong colony that I've been trying to feed with syrup for 2 weeks now but they refuse to take it. I tested for nosema today...

Sounds like nosema to me as well. "Starvation in the midst of plenty"

I reckon you'r probably right but like I say, another week on syrup then test again. I will use fumadil , reluctantly , because I have had problems with nosema for a couple of years now. The bee inspector did a proper lab test on them last year and when I got the results I had both apis AND...

Is thymolated syrup not a treatment for nosema then? Or is it just understood to keep it at bay or has it, indeed, got no effect whatsoever?

I was hoping not to use fumidil,Just thymolated syrup. I have been giving them a jar of thin syrup every 2 or 3 days and will test again next week to see if there's any improvement. If not then it's fumidil,unfortunately.

Tested my bees for nosema the other day and one was teeming with nosema spores. I would like to think that feeding with thymolated syrup would get them through the winter, but having just finished apiguard , when the whole hive has been steeped in thymol, I dont think this is very realistic...

well......... The hepatitis bee. Of course.:party:

Hi Hicham. Did you use a grafting tool to move 1 day old grubs, in to what? It is possible to make Queen cell cups by dipping a round ended stick in to melted bees wax a few times to get it thick enough. They can then be glued on to a frame with more melted wax. If a grub is then grafted...

When you want to inspect your brood box you put the supers on the upturned roof with the crownboard on,it keeps the bees in the super calmer than if the supers were open to the sky.

Yes a swarm can be treated with OA. Hive them and then treat as you usually would.