polomadh
House Bee
- Joined
- Mar 29, 2011
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- Location
- ramsbottom
- Hive Type
- 14x12
- Number of Hives
- 4
I am looking to go chemical free this year in one of my apiaries by using comb trapping and removal, by using a wire frame commercially available.
Does anyone in the North West have practical experience of this, and what time of year did you do it?
The NBU leaflet recommends trapping queen, then after 9 days swapping the caged frame, but put it back into the hive, to be destroyed later before emergence. Why wouldn’t you just remove it straight away after 9 days?
Does anyone in the North West have practical experience of this, and what time of year did you do it?
The NBU leaflet recommends trapping queen, then after 9 days swapping the caged frame, but put it back into the hive, to be destroyed later before emergence. Why wouldn’t you just remove it straight away after 9 days?
