youngyoungs
House Bee
- Joined
- Jul 17, 2011
- Messages
- 311
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- Location
- Cheshire
- Hive Type
- 14x12
- Number of Hives
- More than 4
Further to my previous thread
http://www.beekeepingforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=24563
the story continues:
Tonight I decided that, if there wasn't any sign of worker brood, then I would load the hive up onto a barrow, take it to the end of the field and shake out all the frames. In preparation I also moved another hive 2ft so that it occupied the spot the DLQ hive sat previously. I haven't seen the queen, just where she has been.
Quick look at the hive, and no change was apparent. So off I went, shook/brushed them all off. Job done! Truthfully it felt pretty weird throwing all the bees out.
Things I should have thought through.
A sundress underneath the bee suit is not the best protection against a rather disgruntled hive of bees.
Annoying one hive upsets the others.
Starting something like this at the end of a day when the light was going was not one of my best ideas.
Questions
Is there anything else I should do, or should have done to make this easier?
What should I do with the combs that currently have drone brood in them? Should I melt them down, or put them into another hive to be cleared up?
Thanks all
http://www.beekeepingforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=24563
the story continues:
Tonight I decided that, if there wasn't any sign of worker brood, then I would load the hive up onto a barrow, take it to the end of the field and shake out all the frames. In preparation I also moved another hive 2ft so that it occupied the spot the DLQ hive sat previously. I haven't seen the queen, just where she has been.
Quick look at the hive, and no change was apparent. So off I went, shook/brushed them all off. Job done! Truthfully it felt pretty weird throwing all the bees out.
Things I should have thought through.
A sundress underneath the bee suit is not the best protection against a rather disgruntled hive of bees.
Annoying one hive upsets the others.
Starting something like this at the end of a day when the light was going was not one of my best ideas.
Questions
Is there anything else I should do, or should have done to make this easier?
What should I do with the combs that currently have drone brood in them? Should I melt them down, or put them into another hive to be cleared up?
Thanks all