Hive Alive

[Obee1]

Having had one leg amputated and three toes lost due to frostbite and loosing one finger in a table saw accident ... 11 seems to be as high as it gets!!!



Yeghes da

Ah. Does that explain your username?

 

[bjosephd]

Well I'm getting some delivered today... although you put it in feed and I think I need to lay off the feeding now for a while as Her Majesty I think is running out of places to lay! I am still short two frames though... they've built some nice foundationless comb though, so maybe at the weekend I'll slot in the two final wired/foundationless frames and feed them up with feed with HiveAlive in, for what it's worth.

I think the wasps will probably help reduce their stores anyway! Although all the squished apples I mowed yesterday might be an easier sugar fix for them pesky Jaspers.

Anyway... I doubt the HiveAlive will do any harm... and a bit of a boost would of course be a bonus!

 

[For want of a better word]

Ah. Does that explain your username?

Not really as most would not notice my prosthetic!

icanhopit was the telegraphic name of the old Matchless Motorcycle Company in Plumstead London,after they formed AMC with the purchase of AJS Motorcycles of Wolverhampton.
The telegraphic address of AJS was hopit!

I did some marketing for the Manganese Bronze holding company prior to a somewhat spectacular motorcycle accident writing off a brand new 750 Norton Commando ( (Norton Villiers 1969)

Possibly more info than you wanted... but I do find the comments about the Cornish ... well unnecessary

Nos da

 

[Obee1]

Not really as most would not notice my prosthetic!

icanhopit was the telegraphic name of the old Matchless Motorcycle Company in Plumstead London,after they formed AMC with the purchase of AJS Motorcycles of Wolverhampton.
The telegraphic address of AJS was hopit!

I did some marketing for the Manganese Bronze holding company prior to a somewhat spectacular motorcycle accident writing off a brand new 750 Norton Commando ( (Norton Villiers 1969)

Possibly more info than you wanted... but I do find the comments about the Cornish ... well unnecessary

Nos da

Lol. I didn't think you were actually hopping around on one leg, but it would be such a cool name for a unidexter! You will be horrified to learn I have never heard of any of those motorcycles - apart from the norton.

 

[steve1958]

I have just ordered my first box of Hive Alive.
Did a lot of reading, and speaking to other local Beekeepers before making the decision.
Interestingly I received no negative feedback

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Interestingly I received no negative feedback

Well it won't kill the bees
But neither will feeding them water.

 

[AubMar]

I have just ordered my first box of Hive Alive.
Did a lot of reading, and speaking to other local Beekeepers before making the decision.
Interestingly I received no negative feedback

I use it for both spring and autumn feeding, and have to say I find it quite incredible, like close to a magic potion.
Yes I know many will say it is nothing more than thymol with a couple of other things thrown in, and is easy and cheaper to make at home yourself anyway, and perhaps it is but I just bought and used it to keep it simple.
Hopefully you can get some into your hives stores before it turns cold and feeding stops this season.
My first purchase had a box and the second didn't but the ratios are printed on the box so you will need the ratio which is 2.5ml per litre of syrup.
I make my own syrup and fill 8lt into a tub and add 20ml of Hive-Alive, so doing five tubs uses one new bottle and still easy enough to shake and mix.
You should also get yourself a 30 ml syringe, it makes measuring and adding much easier and less waste.
Do post back here when you see results either positive or negative.
Best of luck.

 

[Spikedog]

Hive Alive ratio: 2.5ml per litre (or 1/2 teaspoon). Can also 'drench' impacted colonies. I worried this season as Nucs absolutly refused it and maintained their position on the matter [earlier post]. That said, 7 of 8 refused Thymolated syrup as well so no reflection on HA. The full hives took it down with vigor. I have used it previously without mishap... BUT I don't believe it is a primary Varroa treatment. Perhaps, a secondary impact in its maintaning bee health.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

I don't believe it is a primary Varroa treatment.

It's not a varroa treatment period - at best it's a 'tonic' for the bees. The only effective component is the Thymol, but you are much better off making up Hivemaker's thymol emulsion - at a fraction of the cost.

 

[The Poot]

It's not a varroa treatment period - at best it's a 'tonic' for the bees. The only effective component is the Thymol, but you are much better off making up Hivemaker's thymol emulsion - at a fraction of the cost.

The irony is that Hivemaker used to be quoted on the box as endorsing it.

 

[Apple]

The irony is that Hivemaker used to be quoted on the box as endorsing it.

I would endorse Vimto with a bit of added extract of rhubarb as a very good bee tonic!

Yeghes da

 

[Erichalfbee]

I would endorse Vimto with a bit of added extract of rhubarb as a very good bee tonic!

Yeghes da

Do you use it?

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Do you use it?

Only on my gin

 

[Erichalfbee]

Only on my gin

I thought as much.

 

[Apple]

Do you use it?

I gargle with it!

Yeghes da

 

[steve1958]

I use it for both spring and autumn feeding, and have to say I find it quite incredible, like close to a magic potion.
Yes I know many will say it is nothing more than thymol with a couple of other things thrown in.
Do post back here when you see results either positive or negative.
Best of luck.

Yes I will do so.
It was the seaweed extract concentrate in it that interested me.
It seems that this is the magic ingredient

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

It was the seaweed extract concentrate in it that interested me.
It seems that this is the magic ingredient

That, and the pinch of fairy dust in each bottle
I prefer to keep my seaweed extract for the tomatoes

 

[drex]

That, and the pinch of fairy dust in each bottle
I prefer to keep my seaweed extract for the tomatoes

Why not chuck a bit of that in with your thymol ?. Really really cheap hive alive then.

 

[AubMar]

Yes I will do so.
It was the seaweed extract concentrate in it that interested me.
It seems that this is the magic ingredient

Yes and there are some trace elements in there too.
It absolutely works 100% - I would not feed any colony without it - the bees move to a new level.
I look forward to your observations, even by Mar/Apr as they build up and how they overwintered for you.

 

[Hebeegeebee]

Are there any 'proper' scientific studies on the stuff? Otherwise the discussion will just become the usual argument.