LittleGreyRabbit
New Bee
- Joined
- Aug 27, 2011
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- Location
- London
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 1
My hives are located at the end of the garden, near the chicken run and small goldfish pond. Normally, I hold the inspection board over the goldfish pond and scrape off the pollen and bits for the fish to eat. Have done that for 18 months. All fine.
Until this year I scraped off the inspection board after the first varroa mite count (so the debris was full of thymol) and inadvertently sedated the goldfish. It was very upsetting, seeing them all lying around on the surface of the water slowly breathing, and knowing it was my fault. Even though they were probably feeling so spaced-out they were not suffering.
However, I spread chicken wire over the pond to protect them from predators, and they seem to have pulled through - touch wood - swimming normally albeit slowly and not lying on their sides.
Until this year I scraped off the inspection board after the first varroa mite count (so the debris was full of thymol) and inadvertently sedated the goldfish. It was very upsetting, seeing them all lying around on the surface of the water slowly breathing, and knowing it was my fault. Even though they were probably feeling so spaced-out they were not suffering.
However, I spread chicken wire over the pond to protect them from predators, and they seem to have pulled through - touch wood - swimming normally albeit slowly and not lying on their sides.
