margob99
House Bee
- Joined
- Nov 15, 2009
- Messages
- 400
- Reaction score
- 1
- Location
- Amersham
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 2
I know I'm a new beekeeper, and I know the weather's been dodgy, and I know my hives have been through some ups and downs, what with swarming and virgin queens, and mating.
But I'm SERIOUSLY getting worried about their aggression levels. I went down to inspect today, fully aware it's very windy, but very concerned that it's been 9 days since the last inspection, and once I smoked and took off the roof, the entire colony just about leapt out on me and tried to kill me.
I've never known anything like this in all my ... well, in all my short months of beekeeping! They weren't like this AT ALL last summer!
I tried taking a couple of frames out to inspect, and there was new brood, larvae and capped brood. There's honey everywhere, and they've filled the entire brood box, brood super and a honey super above, and just seem to be boiling out at the seams. I realise I can probably add another honey super, but I'm just too flippin scared to inspect each frame properly.
Because there's so many of 'em, I'm really worried they're going to swarm AGAIN (that'll be more pissed off neighbours again)
WHAT THE HELL DO I DO!?
But I'm SERIOUSLY getting worried about their aggression levels. I went down to inspect today, fully aware it's very windy, but very concerned that it's been 9 days since the last inspection, and once I smoked and took off the roof, the entire colony just about leapt out on me and tried to kill me.
I've never known anything like this in all my ... well, in all my short months of beekeeping! They weren't like this AT ALL last summer!
I tried taking a couple of frames out to inspect, and there was new brood, larvae and capped brood. There's honey everywhere, and they've filled the entire brood box, brood super and a honey super above, and just seem to be boiling out at the seams. I realise I can probably add another honey super, but I'm just too flippin scared to inspect each frame properly.
Because there's so many of 'em, I'm really worried they're going to swarm AGAIN (that'll be more pissed off neighbours again)
WHAT THE HELL DO I DO!?