Cazza
Queen Bee
- Joined
- Feb 28, 2010
- Messages
- 2,528
- Reaction score
- 22
- Location
- Suffolk/Norfolk border
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 5 ish
If it has already been posted, then apologies:
For beginners, wasps are turning to feeding on sweet items such as honey and can rob out hives if the beekeeper is careless.
Try to inspect quickly. Question if you actually need to inspect at all.
If you are feeding, do it carefully, don't drip any around and do it late in the day when the wasps are not around.
Keep entrances reduced and check for wasps entering the hive. Reduce to one bee space if this is happening.
Personally I don't use any wasp traps as I am a person to manage my hives to keep the wasps out and I no longer try to kill any of them. The Asian Hornet would be a different case all together. War would be declared....
Cazza
For beginners, wasps are turning to feeding on sweet items such as honey and can rob out hives if the beekeeper is careless.
Try to inspect quickly. Question if you actually need to inspect at all.
If you are feeding, do it carefully, don't drip any around and do it late in the day when the wasps are not around.
Keep entrances reduced and check for wasps entering the hive. Reduce to one bee space if this is happening.
Personally I don't use any wasp traps as I am a person to manage my hives to keep the wasps out and I no longer try to kill any of them. The Asian Hornet would be a different case all together. War would be declared....
Cazza
