Air freshener unite

[madasafish]

I can only read gibberish when others quote it.. He is on my ignore list..

 

[Helen]

..If you are adding a couple of frames to a hive then make a space for them, quick squirt in the gap. Quick squirt around the frame before dropping it in the gap. .... It does work. Not had a failure yet

It's the method I use all the time. Combined a nuc with a small colony last weekend; took a few seconds. Even did it with my very aggressive colony a while ago (which I de-queened), combining with a calm queen & nuc.

 

[MartinL]

I can only read gibberish when others quote it.. He is on my ignore list..

Apologies!


Incidentally, I have used deodorant for Queen introductions.

Vanilla and pump action so no propellant!

Probably not available in the Norther Territory?

 

[Ian123]

Lynx effect?.....did you get any half naked women parading around the hive after its use.

 

[downland]

I personally wouldn’t spray air freshener in my hives.

Newspaper for me as its been used for years by much more experienced beekeepers than me and whilst the printing ingredients might have changed in recent years it still does the job.

 

[Beefriendly]

Both methods work fine......
One takes a bit more effort the other is a breeze, although use Lidls own brand as much cheaper

 

[eltalia]

Both methods work fine......
One takes a bit more effort the other is a breeze, although use Lidls own brand as much cheaper

Has anybody disputed spraying aerosol into a colony
does n0t work as seen by the doer?
No... not in my read leastways.
The immediate outcome is n0t the point - just what is
the problem in "getting that"?

Bill

 

[enrico]

It does work as seen by this doer.
The rest of what you said makes no sense as usual!
E

 

[eltalia]

It does work as seen by this doer.
The rest of what you said makes no sense as usual!
E

Clear to me you did not comprehend a
single thing I wrote, merely leaping to agree
with what you *think* I agree with.
Lot of that across many a forum on the Net -
"Fanfic" is common usage for such reactives.

Bill

 

[Beefriendly]

Clear to me you did not comprehend a
single thing I wrote,l

Bill, no-one comprehends a single thing you write.

 

[eltalia]

Bill, no-one comprehends a single thing you write.

Gadafi/Idi Ahmin/Hussein all met their end.
Decrees are not enduring... regardless of how
often the stereotype spruiks.

/slooow wink/

Bill

 

[Beefriendly]

Whatever...

 

[mbc]

Bill, no-one comprehends a single thing you write.

Pretty obvious to me he's saying it may work but do you really want to spray a load of fine particulate contaminants into your hive.

 

[The Poot in Somerset]

Used Febreeze Sandlewood tonight to unite gung Ho nuc (from swarm this year) with a queenless colony - my most productive by far last year.
May have used a smidging too much as most bees hung out on the outside of the hive after pouring up through the frames. They needed quite a lot of encouragement to go back in.
The freshener boasted the words "natural" and "water based" with no nasty propellant. Four quid from Asda.
As I was finishing, had a visit from a well seasoned beekeeper who told me they can be united just by adding the boxes and leaving the hive open for five or ten minutes. Brother Adam's method apparently and one used successfully by my visitor for thirty years.
Could have saved four quid......

 

[Beefriendly]

can be united just by adding the boxes and leaving the hive open for five or ten minutes. Brother Adam's method apparently and one used successfully by my visitor for thirty years.
Could have saved four quid......

Very interesting. Anyone tried the minus £4 method?

 

[eltalia]

"They needed quite a lot of encouragement to go back in."

Wafting yesterday's sock over them?
/laffs/

Seriously, _ r e a d_ what the bees wrote, in numbers no less!
Uniting can be done a number of ways - all situation dependent.
However the 'safest' generic method is a layer of newsprint with
a few knifeslits in it.
In rectifying LWS (laying workers) the method uses two sheets
and no slits as part of that whole process (detailed elsewhere).

Bill

 

[masterBK]

Brother Adam found that by simply exposing the combs of both lots to sunlight for a few minutes they united OK (see page 28 Beekeeping at Buckfast Abey). I often do this at the end of the season uniting surplus nuclei together to form colonies strong enough to easily winter. The frames from both lots are loosely interspersed and then finally closed up with a puff or two of smoke .

 

[maddydog]

"They needed quite a lot of encouragement to go back in."

Wafting yesterday's sock over them?
/laffs/


Bill

As per masterBK. United plenty of colonies,nucs, even added single frames of bees with smoke and no fighting and piles of dead bees.

 

[Bakerbee]

Ive got some hives i split as AS earlier in the year. Could you advise on when to unite them back. As these AS raised their own queens im still watching them getting going with brood and pattern and am unsure when or if theyre slowing down. I realize we are still in july with more forage available but am keen to unite back down to original number of hives ( as is hubby as theyre using valuable veggie plot space atm) as soon as is swarm safe to do so. Thinking ahead really and thought id throw in this question on a thread about uniting.

 

[Eyeman]

Brother Adam found that by simply exposing the combs of both lots to sunlight for a few minutes they united OK (see page 28 Beekeeping at Buckfast Abey). I often do this at the end of the season uniting surplus nuclei together to form colonies strong enough to easily winter. The frames from both lots are loosely interspersed and then finally closed up with a puff or two of smoke .

Your only need to be 'stung' a couple times when the unite failed to then take things a bit more cautiously.
I'm an air freshner fan.
Also if I'm feeling nervous about the unite I'll stick a push in cage over the queen for a day or so, also work well when boosting weak colonies when adding brood and bees.