A warm and sunny afternoon. All hives had bees clustering around the entrances plus foraging traffic. I removed the treatments from all the hives and transferred the frames from temporary hive 4 into an empty wbc for overwintering.
Gave all hives a 4 pint rapid feeder each of thymolated syrup. Let's see how they react.
The varroa boards on hives 2 and 3 had 97 and 64. (from the start of treatment) so treatment has been well worth doing. Now to leave the colonies to get ready to overwinter
I will cut some insulation to apply to the outside of the hives before winter arrives.
Gave all hives a 4 pint rapid feeder each of thymolated syrup. Let's see how they react.
The varroa boards on hives 2 and 3 had 97 and 64. (from the start of treatment) so treatment has been well worth doing. Now to leave the colonies to get ready to overwinter
I will cut some insulation to apply to the outside of the hives before winter arrives.
