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Dear New Beeks
Heads up. You may be in your first or second year, with a Nuc or a small colony, or a couple of colonies for that matter
Wasps are already starting to make their presence known and felt in areas.
WHAT IS YOUR PLAN ?!?!??
1. Immediately close up your entrances to a couple of bee-widths. Even if you have a wooden entrance block, buy a 50p yellow car wash sponge from B&Q, cut it in half long ways and again and push this in to the entrance hole to fill 75% of the entrance clear.
2. WBC Owners - now is the time to reverse an entrance block to completely closed one side and wasp entrance the other side. If you have an open mesh floor then you can block 2 of the 4 holes with sponge too. Also don't forget the conical bee escapes in the roof as wasps can and do get into your hives that way
3. Nucs are the most vulnerable. If you can, reduce the entrance to a bees width and also place a tile or slate leaning against the front to deflect the wasps
4. WASP BANE. So this isn't the cheapest way - you can buy them online for about £18, or more from reputable bee suppliers, but they WORK. Follow the instructions and install one per Apiary.
5. Hornet traps also work. Cheap ones from Thornes are good
6. Use gaffer/duck tape to seal up supers and any side entrances in old wooden hives else the yellow B@57@rds will find a way in
7. Destroy any wasp nests found within 500m with ant powder - it works the same way as wasp nest destroyer and is a third of the price
I'm posting this as there is nothing worse than colonies being destroyed by wasps and we all want our colonies to thrive.
Don't delay, treat for wasps TODAY !
Please bump this post !!
KR and happy Wasp hunting
Somerford
Heads up. You may be in your first or second year, with a Nuc or a small colony, or a couple of colonies for that matter
Wasps are already starting to make their presence known and felt in areas.
WHAT IS YOUR PLAN ?!?!??
1. Immediately close up your entrances to a couple of bee-widths. Even if you have a wooden entrance block, buy a 50p yellow car wash sponge from B&Q, cut it in half long ways and again and push this in to the entrance hole to fill 75% of the entrance clear.
2. WBC Owners - now is the time to reverse an entrance block to completely closed one side and wasp entrance the other side. If you have an open mesh floor then you can block 2 of the 4 holes with sponge too. Also don't forget the conical bee escapes in the roof as wasps can and do get into your hives that way
3. Nucs are the most vulnerable. If you can, reduce the entrance to a bees width and also place a tile or slate leaning against the front to deflect the wasps
4. WASP BANE. So this isn't the cheapest way - you can buy them online for about £18, or more from reputable bee suppliers, but they WORK. Follow the instructions and install one per Apiary.
5. Hornet traps also work. Cheap ones from Thornes are good
6. Use gaffer/duck tape to seal up supers and any side entrances in old wooden hives else the yellow B@57@rds will find a way in
7. Destroy any wasp nests found within 500m with ant powder - it works the same way as wasp nest destroyer and is a third of the price
I'm posting this as there is nothing worse than colonies being destroyed by wasps and we all want our colonies to thrive.
Don't delay, treat for wasps TODAY !
Please bump this post !!
KR and happy Wasp hunting
Somerford