Oli
New Bee
- Joined
- May 11, 2012
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- Location
- Bucklebury
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 6
I've got two hives in the garden at home. One was a nuc from early August which somehow managed to lose their queen and requeened themselves late August. I should have admitted defeat with them at that time and merged them back in with the main hive but didn't!
They're in a 14x12 brood box with boards either side of the nuc's to restrict the area they are trying to keep warm. The entrance is greatly reduced. I started feeding them just under a week ago and when I opened the hive today I was greeted by quite a few hornets at the top of the hive around the feeder and no sign of bees (although I did put the roof back on fast). There was no sign of bees flying out of the hive, I blocked the entrance off and will kill the hornets tomorrow.
I didn't think the entrance was big enough for hornets to get in but they've proved me wrong!
Any help on finding hornets nests is greatly appreciated as is any other advice to what I could have done differently
They're in a 14x12 brood box with boards either side of the nuc's to restrict the area they are trying to keep warm. The entrance is greatly reduced. I started feeding them just under a week ago and when I opened the hive today I was greeted by quite a few hornets at the top of the hive around the feeder and no sign of bees (although I did put the roof back on fast). There was no sign of bees flying out of the hive, I blocked the entrance off and will kill the hornets tomorrow.
I didn't think the entrance was big enough for hornets to get in but they've proved me wrong!
Any help on finding hornets nests is greatly appreciated as is any other advice to what I could have done differently