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- Feb 17, 2013
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- Location
- Northants
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 2
Inspected my hives at my out apiary today as only day with good weather and no work.
1st hive good all well. 2nd and 3rd hive queenless again. So I'm puzzled.
No queen cells at all in either hive. 2nd hive had my 2013 marked queen added in a cage. At last inspection eggs and brood now nothing at all. The 3rd hive had new mated queen added a few months ago - they killed her, then combined with a spare nuc and they have killed her as well it seems. I've now put both these hives together as need the kit. Will decide what queen, nuc to give them. Any advice what they are doing? or what I'm going wrong?
Also my honey yield isn't looking very good even with the amount of bees from any of my hives. They are capping frames in the middle but leaving outer comb empty of honey. No hives seem to be filling very quickly either. Took off some a few weeks ago as it was crystalizing but not been much more added since??
While I was there I had a call from a lady with a swarm in her garden. Easy collection as in a small conifer. She showed me where they came from...about 3 houses had bees coming out of their chimneys. She said they have all been there years and swarm every year. Not sure what hey will be like or the nature of them but with all the swarms Ive lost it was nice to get one back even if it wasn't one of mine.
1st hive good all well. 2nd and 3rd hive queenless again. So I'm puzzled.
No queen cells at all in either hive. 2nd hive had my 2013 marked queen added in a cage. At last inspection eggs and brood now nothing at all. The 3rd hive had new mated queen added a few months ago - they killed her, then combined with a spare nuc and they have killed her as well it seems. I've now put both these hives together as need the kit. Will decide what queen, nuc to give them. Any advice what they are doing? or what I'm going wrong?
Also my honey yield isn't looking very good even with the amount of bees from any of my hives. They are capping frames in the middle but leaving outer comb empty of honey. No hives seem to be filling very quickly either. Took off some a few weeks ago as it was crystalizing but not been much more added since??
While I was there I had a call from a lady with a swarm in her garden. Easy collection as in a small conifer. She showed me where they came from...about 3 houses had bees coming out of their chimneys. She said they have all been there years and swarm every year. Not sure what hey will be like or the nature of them but with all the swarms Ive lost it was nice to get one back even if it wasn't one of mine.