- Joined
- Mar 27, 2012
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- Location
- Suffolk
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 5
I have had UFEs for over six years and this year is the first when I felt the need to close up the atrium to protect the bees from wasps.
What I did six weeks ago was fashion a piece of plywood to block the whole atrium/landing area but left a small (30 x 30mm) hole in one corner. That seemed to turn the tide and after a while the wasps seemed to give up their mass attacks although the occasional solo wasps tried its luck. I'm now hopeful that the colonies will survive this winter.
CVB
Thanks for that. Glad I'm not the only one.