winmag270
House Bee
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OK people, opinions / guidance requested please,
I've had a swarm "arrive" in a stack of old manky brood boxes i was planning to burn rather than repair.
yep, you guessed, two bee fingers up to my bait hive, straight into the gap between two manky brood boxes!
I have no idea where the swarm is from (they are not from my apiary).
not sure if they are a cast, although i suspect so as they are not a very large swarm from what i can see...
I will be doing a "shook swarm" onto fresh foundation later this week (primarily to get them out of the manky old boxes, into something usable....)
my question is, what preventive techniques for varroa would beeks suggest / recommend i be doing to this colony, if any at this time of year?
suggestions / advise eagerly awaited!
Win...
I've had a swarm "arrive" in a stack of old manky brood boxes i was planning to burn rather than repair.
yep, you guessed, two bee fingers up to my bait hive, straight into the gap between two manky brood boxes!
I have no idea where the swarm is from (they are not from my apiary).
not sure if they are a cast, although i suspect so as they are not a very large swarm from what i can see...
I will be doing a "shook swarm" onto fresh foundation later this week (primarily to get them out of the manky old boxes, into something usable....)
my question is, what preventive techniques for varroa would beeks suggest / recommend i be doing to this colony, if any at this time of year?
suggestions / advise eagerly awaited!
Win...