Honeypi
New Bee
- Joined
- Feb 14, 2015
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- Location
- Manchester
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 2
We've just done our first full inspection of our two hives and have found a couple of issues.
Hive A:
This hive had a lot of bees and was the stronger going into winter. However, the inside of the hive was very damp with a lot of slugs and woodlice. There was minimal mould but it was very damp so I imagine it's only a matter of time before this takes hold. What can we do help reduce and prevent this? What might be causing it?
We didn't find the queen but I'm not all that surprised as it was very full of bees. There was young brood so I'm confident she's in there. This just menas that we couldn't put the QE back in.
Hive B:
This colony was weaker going into winter and I was worried that they might not make it. The hive was dry but we spotted a very small number of bees (1-2 in total) which were suffering from DWV. We'd not done the second round of varroa treatment in Feb/Jan (just oxalic dribble) as the weather was foul. Is it too late or risky to do another couple of treatments at this time of year?
Thanks in advance!
Hive A:
This hive had a lot of bees and was the stronger going into winter. However, the inside of the hive was very damp with a lot of slugs and woodlice. There was minimal mould but it was very damp so I imagine it's only a matter of time before this takes hold. What can we do help reduce and prevent this? What might be causing it?
We didn't find the queen but I'm not all that surprised as it was very full of bees. There was young brood so I'm confident she's in there. This just menas that we couldn't put the QE back in.
Hive B:
This colony was weaker going into winter and I was worried that they might not make it. The hive was dry but we spotted a very small number of bees (1-2 in total) which were suffering from DWV. We'd not done the second round of varroa treatment in Feb/Jan (just oxalic dribble) as the weather was foul. Is it too late or risky to do another couple of treatments at this time of year?
Thanks in advance!