RoseCottage
Field Bee
- Joined
- Dec 29, 2009
- Messages
- 718
- Reaction score
- 0
- Location
- Near Andover, UK
- Hive Type
- WBC
- Number of Hives
- From 5 to 2 and hopefully a better year
Hi,
I put a nuc box and an empty hive in a location to capture returning bees when I moved my hives earlier this year. No bees returned, hooray. Well actually about 800 did and I moved these to the new location and they settled fine.
So I went to collect these hives at the weekend and found the stuff in the pictures. I have left the hives for the moment until I know what this is and whether it is a threat to my stores if I put these in with them.
Does anyone know what this stuff is? It wasn't moving around...I cannot tell if it is Mineral, Vegetable, or Animal.
All the best,
Sam.
I put a nuc box and an empty hive in a location to capture returning bees when I moved my hives earlier this year. No bees returned, hooray. Well actually about 800 did and I moved these to the new location and they settled fine.
So I went to collect these hives at the weekend and found the stuff in the pictures. I have left the hives for the moment until I know what this is and whether it is a threat to my stores if I put these in with them.
Does anyone know what this stuff is? It wasn't moving around...I cannot tell if it is Mineral, Vegetable, or Animal.
All the best,
Sam.