Help - Wild Comb in Hedge

[region2]

Here's mine - sadly no photos of the collection, I was too busy holding the end of the rope!

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[Heather]

Yep- man cannot multi task
Still he kept me safe and he definitely was the better bet for being the one to take the weight

 

[Chris Luck]

Great stuff, I hope they make it through.

I always assume when this happens it's because they don't find somewhere suitable and just start to draw comb where they are hanging, mind I've only seen it a few times. The photo in my avatar is where a swarm started to draw comb under a branch and then departed leaving a small number of bees behind.

Bon chance, Chris

 

[region2]

Update: bees are still alive - troughing the fondant and tidying up the comb. All visible through the clear perspex 'cover board' that comes with Paynes' Poly Nuke Boxes.

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[region2]

And now they're dead - just didn't make it through the cold spell - too small/weak I guess...

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[Queens59]

So sorry - and after all that work ...but you did your best for them, such a shame

 

[itma]

And now they're dead - just didn't make it through the cold spell - too small/weak I guess...

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I'm sure they survived much longer than they would have done if they'd been left in the open.
Pity that they didn't make it.

Presumably the nuc box gets a full sterilisation soak ready for the new season. Do the frames get binned or fumigated?

 

[keith pierce]

Sorry about that. What i would of done there was bring a weak nuc and put it right beside where the wild comb was. when you had all the wild comb cut away the bees would of went into the nuc and boosted the numbers. all you would of lost was, the queen and some brood that was not hatched.

 

[region2]

Agreed but the steep slope and accessibility issues (and the owner wanting it gone!) meant this was our only real option. At least we tried and the neighbours are happy!

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[richardbees]

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Thanks for writing the final chapter!

"win a few, lose a few"

Richard