Thymolated Syrup ... Isopropyl Alcohol Strength

[Speybee]

If your ventilating the hive involves placing matchsticks under the roof then take care not to strike the matches anywhere near the isopropyl alcohol...

I use spent matchsticks the long cook match sticks

 

[Erichalfbee]

Match stick inserted under the boxes

If you're on solid floors and your matchsticks are between the floor and the brood box then that's OK but re-queening with an unrelated one might work better.
Matchsticks anywhere else?

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Match stick inserted under the boxes

 

[Speybee]

If you're on solid floors and your matchsticks are between the floor and the brood box then that's OK but re-queening with an unrelated one might work better.
Matchsticks anywhere else?

I’m on mesh floor

 

[Speybee]

I’m on mesh floor

I have 3 National and 2 wbc hives

 

[Erichalfbee]

I’m on mesh floor

Then you don’t need matchsticks or any other mode of lifting boxes.

 

[Speybee]

It’s the chalkbrood that’s been bothering the one hive..
But all advice gratefully appreciated

 

[Erichalfbee]

It’s the chalkbrood that’s been bothering the one hive..
But all advice gratefully appreciated

If it’s only the one colony and others with it are unaffected then just get a mated queen quickly and re queen

 

[Speybee]

If it’s only the one colony and others with it are unaffected then just get a mated queen quickly and re queen

The colony has really shrunk with heaps of drones so worker ratio low.

 

[drdrday]

Match stick inserted under the boxes

Eek!

 

[Speybee]

Thanks