Time of day to sublimate?

[Brigsy]

Hi,

What are peoples thoughts on best time of day to sublimate? My thinking has been to do it late in the day so the majority of bees are in.

This is ok if you are doing the sublimation on a day with no other activity planned. What about if the sublimation is due on the same day as your inspection? Do you do it at the end or leave it until the evening and disturb them twice in one day?

If doing it during the afternoon I am guessing 10-15 minutes worth of bees waiting to get back in gets a bit messy?

Sorry for the messy question, ( I've got loads more but trying not to saturate the board )

Cheers,

Brigsy

 

[REDWOOD]

If you want a truthful answer then pick a rainy day or in the evening


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[For want of a better word]

Midnight on a moonless night.....would not want the OA police catching you without all the licences in place, now would we?

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[Brigsy]

Hypothetically of course.

 

[Erichalfbee]

When the bees have stopped flying.
It means going back to the hives at dusk in the summer or very early in the morning.

 

[14x12]

Is it good practice to sublimate a swarm when you first put it in a hive?? I wondered what peoples views are I have heard from another source that people common practice this technique

 

[Brigsy]

When the bees have stopped flying.

It means going back to the hives at dusk in the summer or very early in the morning.

Thank you. It makes sense.

 

[Brigsy]

Midnight on a moonless night...

Nos da

I like the poetry of this

 

[Eyeman]

Is it good practice to sublimate a swarm when you first put it in a hive?? I wondered what peoples views are I have heard from another source that people common practice this technique

Oxalic acid works best when there is no brood. There is never going to be a better time!

 

[Leigh]

My feeling is that with the evidence of damage caused by oxalic trickling, swarms would be best treated by sublimation which has shown no evidence of damage (apart from the poor blighters that get caught directly in the stream....they don't look set for long and vigorous lives). Very definitely have a queen excluder underneath them though, as they are unlikely to see a cloud of oxalic vapour as a welcome present.

This is all conjecture though, as I've not tried it on a swarm yet....but no doubt will very soon.

 

[Erichalfbee]

Wait a few days till you see some open brood. They shouldn't abscond then

 

[Arfermo]

This is not really the part of the season (ie when colonies are in the throes of strongly increasing their numbers) that one should be contemplating sublimation of oxalic - unless it is for a really good reason. For instance when treating newly installed swarms, particularly if such a swarm is from an unknown source. If a swarm is from your own treated stock it might be best not to do so and the same would apply to other swarm techniques eg AS within your own apiaries.

 

[Eyeman]

This is not really the part of the season (ie when colonies are in the throes of strongly increasing their numbers) that one should be contemplating sublimation of oxalic - unless it is for a really good reason.

Let me think!!
Oh yes, the swarm is broodless and there isn't a better time to knock the mites off.
Sounds like reason enough to me.

 

[For want of a better word]

Originally Posted by icanhopit View Post
Midnight on a moonless night...

Nos da

I like the poetry of this

Must be something in the water in these parts.... wrecking havock!

Yeghes da

 

[Finno]

Midnight on a moonless night..

Wearing a black cape instead of a bee suit?

 

[Cussword]

Surely more than just the cape??



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[For want of a better word]

Surely more than just the cape??



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Too cold to go commando here abouts... have a littlegold lame lycra number!

Nos da