Mothman
New Bee
- Joined
- May 13, 2011
- Messages
- 59
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- Location
- Northamptonshire
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 2
This weekend I managed only to get my clearer boards (porter bee escapes) on, but not the supers off the next day. I find it very difficult to find time to do an inspection two days running to get clearer boards on and then supers off the next day.
When I get back to the bees next week - if I am lucky I will have two supers with no bees but more likely the bees will have defeated the escapes and carried on, if I put a dose of Bee Quick on top of the supers will this drive the bees out through the defunct escapes or do I need to take the clearer boards off and start again?
(3rd option is that the bees will have robbed out the supers which I hope won't have happened)
Will smelling of 'Bee Quick' keep the bees away from me?
When I get back to the bees next week - if I am lucky I will have two supers with no bees but more likely the bees will have defeated the escapes and carried on, if I put a dose of Bee Quick on top of the supers will this drive the bees out through the defunct escapes or do I need to take the clearer boards off and start again?
(3rd option is that the bees will have robbed out the supers which I hope won't have happened)
Will smelling of 'Bee Quick' keep the bees away from me?