- Joined
- May 6, 2016
- Messages
- 40
- Reaction score
- 27
- Location
- Bedfordshire
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 7
Hi everyone...
My new bees all seem to have settled in very nicely and upon inspection the brood box is filling nicely with lots of activity going on during the warmer days which is giving me great pleasure I can assure you.
However I guess I feel somewhat like a new mother of a first born and am probably worrying about everything way to much but....
Has a few problems with black ants getting into the hive and clearing up the debris on the bottom board, pull out type under veroa mesh floor.
Took advice mostly found here, greased the bottoms of the legs and recent checks have shown no further intruders which is great.
However what I did find yesterday, after a particularly rainy day was quite a good quantity of water on the bottom board along with the usual debris.
Took the lid off the super, which has seen no activity as far as drawing cells is concerned, and could find no sign of water ingress from the top. I did find some very small amounts of blue mould looking substance around the edges of the super and a little on the outer parts of the frames....
Am I doing something wrong? Is the water on the floor normal? What is this mould telling me?
My first thoughts are on ventilation and possibly not enough of it but would like to get the thoughts of the more experienced guys and gals here.
I didn't take a picture but will try and get one this evening...
Thanks in advance for any help / Info / advice
Nigel
My new bees all seem to have settled in very nicely and upon inspection the brood box is filling nicely with lots of activity going on during the warmer days which is giving me great pleasure I can assure you.
However I guess I feel somewhat like a new mother of a first born and am probably worrying about everything way to much but....
Has a few problems with black ants getting into the hive and clearing up the debris on the bottom board, pull out type under veroa mesh floor.
Took advice mostly found here, greased the bottoms of the legs and recent checks have shown no further intruders which is great.
However what I did find yesterday, after a particularly rainy day was quite a good quantity of water on the bottom board along with the usual debris.
Took the lid off the super, which has seen no activity as far as drawing cells is concerned, and could find no sign of water ingress from the top. I did find some very small amounts of blue mould looking substance around the edges of the super and a little on the outer parts of the frames....
Am I doing something wrong? Is the water on the floor normal? What is this mould telling me?
My first thoughts are on ventilation and possibly not enough of it but would like to get the thoughts of the more experienced guys and gals here.
I didn't take a picture but will try and get one this evening...
Thanks in advance for any help / Info / advice
Nigel