psafloyd
Queen Bee
- Joined
- Sep 27, 2010
- Messages
- 3,461
- Reaction score
- 4
- Location
- London/Essex
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- Probably about 5/6 at the moment
Or more accurately, my colony is.
I have only just got my first colony and was feeding them, but like others in my division, suffered from some shoddy quality control and our feeders leaked. BADLY.
As a result, I have had robbing going on and now the 'silent' robbing has gone a bit far. They're not even wiping their feet now...
I cleaned up everywhere I could the other day so there was nothing seeping out any more, just the sweetness that was on the wood of the hive. I spilled no syrup in removing the feeder.
I also blocked the entrance and later opened to one bee way. But it was like Victoria Station at ruch hour when I got there this morning, so I blocked the entrance (the rear was also closed the other day), and spent some time spraying those coming in with water from a hand pressurised garden spray as I don't have mains water where I am.
In the end, those on the hive were moving around in this fashion and I didn't know if they were robbers or my bees or a mixture.
See the links below and I'd be glad of any advice.
http://youtu.be/BCGIgB9Klc0
http://youtu.be/89nB2K1vwkQ
http://youtu.be/pAXav9Qh_IA
I have only just got my first colony and was feeding them, but like others in my division, suffered from some shoddy quality control and our feeders leaked. BADLY.
As a result, I have had robbing going on and now the 'silent' robbing has gone a bit far. They're not even wiping their feet now...
I cleaned up everywhere I could the other day so there was nothing seeping out any more, just the sweetness that was on the wood of the hive. I spilled no syrup in removing the feeder.
I also blocked the entrance and later opened to one bee way. But it was like Victoria Station at ruch hour when I got there this morning, so I blocked the entrance (the rear was also closed the other day), and spent some time spraying those coming in with water from a hand pressurised garden spray as I don't have mains water where I am.
In the end, those on the hive were moving around in this fashion and I didn't know if they were robbers or my bees or a mixture.
See the links below and I'd be glad of any advice.
http://youtu.be/BCGIgB9Klc0
http://youtu.be/89nB2K1vwkQ
http://youtu.be/pAXav9Qh_IA