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Imidacloprid is used for the control of Chafer grubs in turf while Chloropirifos is more generally used for the control of leather jacket grubs as it is a lot cheaper than imidacloprid. Chloropirifos will not kill chafer grubs. Any herbicide should not be used until weeds are growing actively so...

I think if you freeze the product it will last for a long time. If it is deteriorating i think it shows in the colour as it goes darker Hope this helps Dave

Hiya Kay All i can say is that i have done exactly the same. I did my apiguard and what was left in the trays after 4 weeks i scrapped on to the top bars. What i have found this year though is that the Queen more or less stopped laying while the apiguard was on. Also i started feeding straight...

Hiya Paul Yes you can add supers and as you bleed more bees from the top box into the bottom you will need to, so they have room Dave

Hiya all Am currently using a snelgrove board on one of my hives. The bees in the top box have now made approx 8 Queen cells and they are approx 12 days old. My question is will the bees reduce it down to one Q cell or will the first Queen to hatch kill the occupents of the other Q cells or...

Just a thought but if the bees are clustered due to the cold weather then the mites will not fall until the cluster has broken Regards Dave

As a second year beekeeper i was going to use Snelgroves method this year. But am surprised people have found it time consuming as that was the whole idea of the method according to the book. By splitting the brood from the Queen are you not just doing an artificial swarm? Regards Dave

Oxalic Acid Strength I see that the current advice is to use 3.2% OA. I purchased 4.5% and duly watered it down. Today I have been to a demo at Wally Shaw’s and he informed me that I shouldn’t have done so. I am posting to let people know that if they have the 4.5% solution to not water it...

Many thanks to those who replied, if nothing else it's food for thought Thanks Dave

Hello Hivemaker Have just looked at my record card. It was last inspected on 26th September and at that time there was eggs, larvae and two frames of sealed brood. I would say as well that yes it was a strong colony this summer Thanks Dave

Hello all you Beeks i have just joined the forum. I would like to start off by asking whether anyone else has noticed Drones still flying in their apiary this week. I have one hive where i saw a couple of drones flying back into the hive. I've been Beekeeping for two years now so am still a...