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    June Gap???

    checked my stronger hive today and they have absolutely no stores left whatsover! nothing! nada! have had to put a feeder on for them
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    An absolute disaster day, month....

    oh my goodness, how scary. thank goodness you had a positive outcome
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    If you had to give me just one piece of advice........

    if you ready anywhere that beeking takes only 5 minutes a week and is relaxing.....IT'S A LIE!!!! it takes loads of time and is hugely stressful..in the first year anyways.. but i am assured it gets better
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    6 weeks old AS has been overrun with wasps....help please!

    LOL! what an eejit i am...on so many levels LOL and thanks flatters, a boost to my self confidence
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    6 weeks old AS has been overrun with wasps....help please!

    Oh Rab, i cant wait to get to the point where it's classed as "easy"...that seems such a long long way away right now... and might i ask WHO percy vere is? is he some kind of bee-god?
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    6 weeks old AS has been overrun with wasps....help please!

    Wow! was talking to my neighbour tonight and we had a bit of blether about the last 12-18months of our novicey beekeeping here in our tiny wee village..so far, between the 3 of us, we've experienced: a drone laying worker 1 nuc that just didnt make it this nuc/split that is a bit touch and...
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    6 weeks old AS has been overrun with wasps....help please!

    suppose it could be robbing bees....though my strawberry patch is looking mighty wasp attacked too......we have a resident frog/toad friend who sees off most of the slugs for us just now :)
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    6 weeks old AS has been overrun with wasps....help please!

    well thank you for making me feel even more of an eejit than I did yesterday LOL, and sorry if i confused the issue. my concern is this: i locked my bees in on monday & believed there wasno way in or out (obviously to keep the robbing swine wasps out!), so i was more than a little confused...
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    6 weeks old AS has been overrun with wasps....help please!

    So NOW what's happening??? aarrgghh! this morning i went down after very heavy rainfall all day yesterdy and i see a few wasps maybe about 20 in 10 minutes of watching) trying to get in & apart from one, they all gave up and went away. I was out all day today (jury duty) and when i went down...
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    6 weeks old AS has been overrun with wasps....help please!

    beestie, i so know how oyu feel....and of course i feel partly responsible too :(
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    New to forum and beekeeping

    as someone who foolishly put a nuc in her veggie garden (thinking I'd get lots of pollinated things!), DON'T DO IT! if they are in a bad mood you wont get anywhere near them..and if you need to do things in the garden - tough! as others have said, find somewhere that's closeby but away from...
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    Why don't horse riders scoop the poop?

    to be fair, apart from the obvious re picking up dog poo being relatively easy, ie responsible owner is generally WITH dog when it poos so should be easy to bend down and pick it up!!! horse riders dont actually CHOOSE where the horse dungs, and often dont even know cos lots of horses can walk...
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    6 weeks old AS has been overrun with wasps....help please!

    "pillaging swine"..I love that :) cheered me up no end. pouring with rain here today so not much of anybody out and about. saw a few wasps in the traps so pleased about that - not nearly enough though! next sunny day will be more telling i expect. and re numbers...ok maybe not...
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    6 weeks old AS has been overrun with wasps....help please!

    hi Chris, no idea I'm afraid :( just know there are thousands of them
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    6 weeks old AS has been overrun with wasps....help please!

    is it this Atrarat Glue Tube £6.69? it doesnt say anything aout insects, though other products do. just dont want to buy the wrong thing
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    6 weeks old AS has been overrun with wasps....help please!

    Rab, i would love to find the wasp nest......hunted high and low last night but no sign of one. Will look again today, but kinnd of have the feeling I'm looking for a needle in a haystack..... and maybe it is a split - i'm not sure i know the difference!
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    6 weeks old AS has been overrun with wasps....help please!

    susbees, no this isnt the same colony. that one is now doing really well and has brood on 8 frames and a honey super being filled nicely. i have no worries about that hive - i think she was just slow to get started but has got the hang of it all now. i was probably being over protective and...
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    6 weeks old AS has been overrun with wasps....help please!

    i think they may be too far gone to save them but i can try :( i so wish i hadnt just assumed that sunday was nothing more than my neighbours mating flights.....maybe there would have been more bees to save..... we live and learn, and i got to them as soon as i could, i suppose if they had...
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    6 weeks old AS has been overrun with wasps....help please!

    beebreeder only just saw this and of course it makes perfect sense. I'll get to that in the morning. and suspect you might be right :( i last inspected this hive last tuesday evening - 6 days ago & am amazed at how much damage can be done in such a small period of time :(
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    6 weeks old AS has been overrun with wasps....help please!

    just back from sneaking down in the dark.... couldnt find my hive closure strip so stuffed the entrance with grass as best i could. hopefully this will at least deter wasps until i find it in the morning, or obrrow one from my neighbour. i also put on the feeder with a litre of 1:1 syrup...
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