Inspection in hot weather

[stoneleighhouse]

Whats the best time of day to inspect hives?

 

[Queens59]

Between 12 and 3 ish...foragers will mostly be out, so the hive will be quieter...Hopefully

 

[YorkshireBees]

Between 12 and 3 ish...foragers will mostly be out, so the hive will be quieter...Hopefully

That may be but I inspected 4 hives from 18:00 till 20:00 last night and had no problems, all still very active foraging in the hot weather!

Personally I prefer inspecting later in this weather as otherwise I torture myself in the beesuit!

 

[stoneleighhouse]

Since the weathers turned hot mine have turned pretty cranky with the odd one following me everywhere with intent up to 80yds or so

 

[Bucks_Boy]

Since the weathers turned hot mine have turned pretty cranky with the odd one following me everywhere with intent up to 80yds or so

I've found in hot weather using a water spray instead of smoke has created far less stress and aggro, plus the odd spray in my own face to cool down helps .....

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Whats the best time of day to inspect hives?

Not between 3 and 4 in Brynmair - more than a tad tetchy today - had to stand around in my bee suit for 10 minutes before it was safe to take the veil down!