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  1. M

    Oxalic acid advise

    many thanks finman. I'll leave it alone this week then, let the queen settle in and treat next week if I have 10 days before she lays.
  2. M

    Oxalic acid advise

    Hi, My bees had capped queen cells last weekend, I'm assuming that the queen will have hatched out about now but may not be mated. I also have a serious mite problem, so my two questions are: 1/ when should I treat - this weekend or next? Should I leave alone for another week and check for...
  3. M

    multiple problems :(

    it's a double brood so shall I just split it and hope it stays strong enough? it looked good until the recent high mortality
  4. M

    multiple problems :(

    queen cells capped veroa monitoring seemed low last time mostly I just see the casings fall like they moult as they grow. 4 per day. however I culled some drone brood (super in the brood box) and had 80% with veroa.
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    multiple problems :(

    my main problem I think is I'm queen less and none of the queen cells look good. there are quite a few can I just leave them all and let them fight it out or should I break some down? I'd prefer to avoid swarming. my secondary problem is lots of dead bees outside the hive i also see a few...
  6. M

    How long to inspect a hive

    It's not that I find it too long with one colony and I'm in no great rush but I'd like to expand and not have it soak up all my time. Thanks for the suggestions and comments, I'll follow where queen cells develop and see if it follows the central pattern, that would save a lot of time. Thanks...
  7. M

    How long to inspect a hive

    I thought you needed to check every frame for queen cells... This is the most time consuming bit as the frames are quite irregularly drawn. Thanks, M
  8. M

    How long to inspect a hive

    So how long do people take to inspect a hive. I guess a double brood box takes longer, but I find it seems to take me about at least 1/2 an hour. Are there any efficient short cuts? How do people manage >10 hives? Does it just get quicker with experience? Thanks, M
  9. M

    Turning/moving a hive

    Many thanks ill delay moving them an do 45 degrees at a time.
  10. M

    Turning/moving a hive

    I currently have one hive but hope that they will want to expand some time this year assuming the weather ever picks up. I was considering putting another hive essentially down stream (i.e. in the flight path) of the first. I realise this might not make for ideal working conditions so I'd like...
  11. M

    Oooops a few too many stings

    I was thinking it best not to work alone. Don't you need a prescription to get an epipen?
  12. M

    Oooops a few too many stings

    Thanks for all the replies Many thanks for the encouragement and stories. To answer a few questions: * I'm not on any medication * The swelling has gone down this morning to a large degree. * Yes I'll remember this well. I am often tempted not to wear gloves but I tend to use some very thin...
  13. M

    Oooops a few too many stings

    I have 1 hive and I'm in my first year. Mostly I'm careful and having taken both a taster course and a full course, read the books etc. Go to the apiary meetings at our local group. Anyway yesterday I caused a bit of drama unfortunately, my hive stands on a concrete slab and has started to...
  14. M

    Anyone using icing sugar only to treat Verona?

    Hi, I had a low drop rate before winter and thought I'd try just dusting the bees with icing sugar. I see in the Bbka and at our recent talk from a bee inspector only chemical treatments work and doom for all else. Is it just too labour intensive for most people? Or does it really not work...
  15. M

    How many supers for summer (NE)

    So hopefully I'll be ok. I have 4 supers and a spare broodbox. I gather the weather is going to cool. I'm a bit surprised by how quickly they seem to be building up. Thanks M That is unless finman is right in which case I'm in trouble...
  16. M

    How many supers for summer (NE)

    Hi, I guess there's no fixed rule but how many supers am I likely to need fur summer for one hive? I'd like to be prepared, this will be my first year there seem to be plenty of bees and they are looking busy already. Thanks, M
  17. M

    inserting new frames between brood

    Many thanks all, I'll recombine and wait till later
  18. M

    inserting new frames between brood

    3 or 4 frames with brood, there seemed to be plenty of bees I find it difficult to tell in terms of seams... What time of year is best for "meddling" with brood?
  19. M

    inserting new frames between brood

    So how do I move out the old frames?
  20. M

    inserting new frames between brood

    Hi, I'm a bit new here. I think I've made a bit of a mistake separating the brood frames too early I guess if they've been over night in this situation it's too late to reunite? I was separating them in order to move some of the frames to the edge for eventual removal as they are the frames...
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