The Keswick association was given 8 colonies by a beekeeper who was retiring. They proved to be a mixed blessing, being quite agressive to the point where of being unmanagable. In the end we decided to requeen them. It would seem that this had the desired affect with things being much calmer after a couple of weeks.
The apiary manager built a Warre hive after llistening to a talk at the Furness Spring convention. It was stocked using a small swarm in late June. Unfortunately it does not seem to have survived the very cold December.
We will try again this year hopefully with more success.
The apiary hive were treated with Oxalic Acid in October. I think this was likely to be to early and it will be interesting to see how they compare to my own bees.
The apiary manager stood done recently so I am currently looking after the Keswick bees as well as my own
The apiary manager built a Warre hive after llistening to a talk at the Furness Spring convention. It was stocked using a small swarm in late June. Unfortunately it does not seem to have survived the very cold December.
We will try again this year hopefully with more success.
The apiary hive were treated with Oxalic Acid in October. I think this was likely to be to early and it will be interesting to see how they compare to my own bees.
The apiary manager stood done recently so I am currently looking after the Keswick bees as well as my own
