All honey and very little eggs

[pargyle]

I think he means that the wooden one is a spare (empty equipment) that he wants to expand onto. I don't think this hive is occupied

Yes ... think you may be right ... bit of ambiguity though .. " I have a wooden national hive which has one brood and one super. I was thinking of splitting this next year and hoping they rear their own queen to save me purchasing a nuc of bees. "

 

[Finman]

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Jenkins is a detective (or detector) He will squeeze the truth out.

 

[Finman]

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Jenkins is a detective . He will squeeze the truth out.

 

[Thymallus]

Winter is coming and guys hive swarming advices. That is why they put second brood box on time. In November.

Very astute observation and all too accurate Finman!
Made me laugh.

 

[Madge]

Very astute observation and all too accurate Finman!
Made me laugh.

No. The box is already there. It's not been added.

 

[Finman]

No. The box is already there. It's not been added.

i use to have 5-8 boxes in hives in autumn, but then I reduce them before feeding.

 

[Thymallus]

No. The box is already there. It's not been added.

Isn't that the boy scout motto..."Always be prepared".

 

[Hivemaker.]

i use to have 5-8 boxes in hives in autumn, but then I reduce them before feeding.

Perhaps you should take advice from this thread... and leave them on all winter to help prevent swarming next year.

 

[greig1983]

The wooden hive is empty and I was hoping to split the poly hive next season to have two working hives. I'm looking to have 3 in total eventually.

I am wanting to use to one have to eventually split into 3.

I did see a local bee keeper club but this was their first year and didn't know a lot as well. I will be going back to them next season to find out when to do the checks, take honey etc.

 

[B+.]

Perhaps you should take advice from this thread... and leave them on all winter to help prevent swarming next year.

I don't think Finmans bees swarm

 

[Madge]

Perhaps you should take advice from this thread... and leave them on all winter to help prevent swarming next year.

Who advised that? Not me. Two different issues.

 

[Finman]

I don't think Finmans bees swarm

Different climate, you know. My hives have no sex life.

I start swarm prevention in June. Next June. My hives never swarm at Christmas, and if they swarm, I let them go.

 

[Thymallus]

Different climate, you know. My hives have no sex life.

Instead of those reptile warming mats get them a little TV that gives off a bit of warmth and tune it to those XXX adult channels.

 

[Finman]

Perhaps you should take advice from this thread... and leave them on all winter to help prevent swarming next year.

As a well known opportunist I promise to do that.

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[pargyle]

Different climate, you know.

I start swarm prevention in June. Next June.

Hmmmm ... halfway through the swarm season over here by June in the Costa del Fareham !

 

[Thymallus]

Hmmmm ... halfway through the swarm season over here by June in the Costa del Fareham !

Seems climatic geography is not one of your many expert fields!

Definition of expert...ex- as in has been and spurt=drip under pressure.
And no spilling isn't one of mine

 

[For want of a better word]

The Buckies start swarming in early March here in the semi sub tropical great grey green mightily slimy Tamar river valley all set about with social Housing..... on the Devionian banks .. but of course the Native Black Cornish pure Amms do not swarm at all until June.. perhaps a memory from the time they were allowed to live happily in the frozen tundra of Finland?

Now that's climatic geography for you to put in yer pipe and smoke!!!

Mytten da

 

[Finman]

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I had forest Carniolan blood in my hives. Last spring they started to swarm very early.

When I analyzed, what happened, did the colonies were too tight, I found that they started queen cell rearing, when first new bees of hive were emerging. There were very few bees there at that moment, when they started.

What was the question? .... They wanted babies!!!!!! Mother Nature called!!!!
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What I did? ... I bought 15 queens from a professinal, who has 1500 hives. Best quality, I think. Some buckfasts too.
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Local bees..... Sweep your *.*

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[Finman]

The Buckies start swarming in early March here in the semi sub tropical great grey green mightily slimy Tamar river valley all set about with social Housing..... on the Devionian banks .. but of course the Native Black Cornish pure Amms do not swarm at all until June.. perhaps a memory from the time they were allowed to live happily in the frozen tundra of Finland?

Now that's climatic geography for you to put in yer pipe and smoke!!!

Mytten da

When mocking there, remember my best hives bring 400 lbs honey /hive.

Carry on.... Heh heh heh. Your tundra since last ice age. We had a sea in this place 5000 y ago.

I am able to to good yields with any bee strain what you bring to me. Inspite of huge swarming I got very good average yield. Skills you know...
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[B+.]

Different climate, you know.

This is why I am happy to leave a empty box under the colony http://www.beekeepingforum.co.uk/showthread.php?p=508803#post508803

See: 15372

1st of november and fresh pollen is being placed in the empty combs under the colony