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  1. J

    Wasps - have I missed something?

    I must pick up on that point, Karol, about the wasps being after the protein in my hive. That really fills in the blanks for me. I couldn't work out how there could so quickly be no brood, no bees and no apparent attempt to requeen.....just wasps and more wasps. The only dead bodies were...
  2. J

    Wasps - have I missed something?

    Great post, Chris. I shall catch a wasp tomorrow and peruse it. I am surprised at all these people seeing so few wasps. Every year I can guarantee to see loads of them especially round our fruit. This year they are all over the garden in the places where the bees would have been. The bees...
  3. J

    Wasps - have I missed something?

    This was my own view initially, Chris. I was taken by surprise at first by the drop in numbers but the onslaught of the wasps was so quick and overpowering I could do very little. The numbers were very large - certainly more than I have ever witnessed. Having said this Karol's excellent...
  4. J

    Wasps - have I missed something?

    Thanks for all the advice everyone. Yes I had reduced entrances. On the "new" hive it was one bee space. It was a bit more (about 3 inches) on the old hive as they were pretty active. They both looked ok initially. If the split didn't work I intended to recombine them. I did do it fairly...
  5. J

    Wasps - have I missed something?

    I have been wiped out. My beehive is a wasp hive. I was trying to split it this year and was feeding the new hive. Both hives were both quite strong then suddenly wasps appeared in thousands. I put up traps but it was too late. Bees driven out. One (new) empty hive and the original (main)...
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