Ade'sBee's
New Bee
- Joined
- Mar 2, 2009
- Messages
- 85
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- 0
- Location
- Broadstairs Kent
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 2
Hi started 2 hives this year, one from swarm and one from nuc.Started feeding mid sept and treated with Apisan at same time (mentors advice ) i personally thought this was too late .Fed twice a week till mid oct then have been checking and feeding once a week . Checked last weekend ,swarm had a little syrup left and nuc had enough in feeder so topped up under advice and both looked well. Checked today ,swarm no feed but looks good ,nuc no feed but bees all bees dead on mesh floor ...my first thought was that i starved them but only checked them last week and they had syrup left so cant see how they could take the syrup and starve in 1 week....have read that feeding syrup this late is bad ...so am i to blame or bad advice ...please advise as i'm gutted about the nuc ..