Ulsterfry
New Bee
- Joined
- Apr 29, 2009
- Messages
- 18
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- Location
- Staffordshire
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 3 colonies
Today I returned from work and went to look at the bees flying around the hive. About 100 were flying in and out, pollen laden. Great I thought. Then ... horror of horrors.. on looking on the grass around the base of the hive there were about 150 to 200 bees in various states of death/near death, some clumped together. A proportion of those bees were still carrying pollen and I have concluded that perhaps they have been harvesting where someone has been using pesticide.
This is a nuc that I installed 2 weeks ago in the new hive, I inspected it last weekend and it had plenty of nectar and pollen and larvae visible, and had grown considerably in numbers, although with 4 frames of foundation left to occupy. I have also been giving them syrup with a contact feeder. Up till today I detected only about 6 dead bees on the grass beside the hive.
Any thoughts/ suggestions would be appreciated.
This is a nuc that I installed 2 weeks ago in the new hive, I inspected it last weekend and it had plenty of nectar and pollen and larvae visible, and had grown considerably in numbers, although with 4 frames of foundation left to occupy. I have also been giving them syrup with a contact feeder. Up till today I detected only about 6 dead bees on the grass beside the hive.
Any thoughts/ suggestions would be appreciated.