bees eating stores already?

[pargyle]

Fisherman's friends,,, made in Fleetwood. Lancashire

Well that's two good things to come out of Lancashire - Fishemens Friends and the road to Yorkshire ...

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

depends on whether you enjoy sucking a fisherman's friend

 

[TryingToLetThemBee]

Still complete dearth for me despite favourable weather. All late-summer flowers have gone over. Need to worry about ivy nectar at this rate...

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

bees still bringing in stores - slowly it must be admitted, but it's coming in. Pink brambles in bloom, HB showing all over the place, still hope of a little more to harvest

 

[Thymallus]

Whitby Amms


I thought them was a shanty band!... not as famous as the Fishermen's friends.. Cornish of course!

Yeghes da

I'm afraid your lack of knowledge is showing through again. There are also some reference populations in Northumberland.

 

[Thymallus]

Fisherman's friends,,, made in Fleetwood. Lancashire

I think Ican was referring to the Cornish shanty band called Fishermans friends, but with his track record at the moment you can never be sure what he is on about.

 

[Thymallus]

Probably just as well. Their descendants are useless


How would you know... you say they was all wiped out by Acarine disease!


Yeghes da

Really? I'll be totally astonished if you can find any post of mine where I said that!
Interestingly I was talking to a Cornish Beekeeper at Rydale Show yesterday. His mentor insists he keeps Cornish Amms. Apparently he (the mentor) is quite anal about them.
His wife was complaining about their almost complete lack of honey harvest over the last 5 years and how the bees remain aggressive in the garden for hours after an inspection. He thought this was the norm for any bees.

You can now look forward to some Buckfast queens arriving in the heart of your Cornish Amm populations....very soon........
I knew that would cheer you up.

 

[Cussword]

I think Ican was referring to the Cornish shanty band called Fishermans friends, but with his track record at the moment you can never be sure what he is on about.

I did get that, but I thought it was time Lancashire was mentioned, despite some of our south coast friends. When I last visited relatives in Havant, I had to give back the key when I left the county. Oh, & switch the lights out.

 

[pargyle]

I did get that, but I thought it was time Lancashire was mentioned, despite some of our south coast friends. When I last visited relatives in Havant, I had to give back the key when I left the county. Oh, & switch the lights out.

Ahhh ... So they are getting the message in Hampshire at last !

There's been a very strong fifth column of Yorkshire exiles down here for many a long year trying to eradicate or at least reduce the Hampshire mongrel genes ... I arrived in 1967 .... the beer was the first culture shock when the barmaid apologised for my pint having a head on it .. and promptly tipped it off ! Mind you that was nothing compared to my first taste of Southern Bitter ... Brickwoods as I recall ....

 

[Finman]

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Let's go back to original problems of Millet and Nacedapiarist.
Problem is not only that bees are eating stores. The condition of hives are not promising.

Nakedapiarist says that queen is not good. He is going to change the queen next summer. That is odd idea in beekeeping. If you want that,ext year is better, you must change queens on previous year. And mite load seems to be too big.

Milet's hive is too small. Only 5 frame brood. Colony does not occupy the whole box. Problem is not lack of stores. 2 frames of pollen. 2 combs not ready.

When I look Forecast of Birminghamn and my weather, they are very same.
I bet that I know wat is problem in Millets hive: Too cold hive to help them to expand. Perhaps the queen is not very good that job.

If we think about the alternative of Millet's colony, that weathers would be better and nectar is flowing. The hive will be filled soon with honey and colony would not be able to expand. Colony is in the trap of its own size.

If Millet has another bigger hive, he could take a frame of emerging brood. With that help the colony will occupy the whole box. Then less ventilation. 1 cm x 15 cm entrance is enough for that colony. No mesh floor open. Inner cover insulation very useful. A new laying queen will be better.

My weathers are bad but queens are laying well.

.

 

[user 6228]

Well that's two good things to come out of Lancashire - Fishemens Friends and the road to Yorkshire ...

Still sore from Bosworth?

 

[pargyle]

Still sore from Bosworth?

Yep .. In parts of Yorkshire there's still a rematch waiting to happen ! Who said the wars of the roses was over .... just a break in physical hostilities

 

[Erichalfbee]

Never mind stores.
My newly...well three weeks...caught swarm has eaten lots of gaffer tape and there were bees tangled in the string; not the queen thank heavens. Last time I use it in the hive!

 

[user 6228]

Never mind stores.
My newly...well three weeks...caught swarm has eaten lots of gaffer tape and there were bees tangled in the string; not the queen thank heavens. Last time I use it in the hive!

Switch to Aluminium foil tape(screwfix 35529), they dont chew it if its stuck down. Have been known to nibble exposed "flying" edges

 

[Erichalfbee]

Already done

 

[pargyle]

Never mind stores.
My newly...well three weeks...caught swarm has eaten lots of gaffer tape and there were bees tangled in the string; not the queen thank heavens. Last time I use it in the hive!

Where were you last year then ???

http://www.beekeepingforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=31213

Exactly what happened to me ....

 

[Erichalfbee]

Ahhhh
I do remember the post but had forgotten who posted it.
Yes...aluminium tape in the future.
Yesterday I cleaned and disinfected the box and will tape it up today.

 

[mbc]

Ahhhh
I do remember the post but had forgotten who posted it.
Yes...aluminium tape in the future.
Yesterday I cleaned and disinfected the box and will tape it up today.

I'm a bit confused about the gaffer tape, what's it being used for?
I can think of two applications I've seen it being used for, sealing boxes for acetic acid and Mike Palmers strip around the inside of an empty box for shaking bees so that they don't climb out. I know gaffer tape can be used for millions of things but I'm being a bit slow this morning.

 

[Erichalfbee]

I have Paynes nuc boxes.
I use it to block off the feeder.
In the other hives I put it over the feeder board holes to make them into crown boards......have to be careful about terminology here

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

I'm a bit confused about the gaffer tape, what's it being used for?
....... I know gaffer tape can be used for millions of things but I'm being a bit slow this morning.

Depends on whether you're in the tory party or not