muelindustries
New Bee
Hi everyone!
I checked my hives today for the first time this year. It got quite warm in the sun so I thought I'd take advantage. The bees have been busy for about a week now, they're bringing in loads of pollen and are very active.
Now I'm still quite new to this, but definitely not a beginner.
The hive in question had plenty of brood in good patterns, honey and the bees seemed healthy. However I decided to remove some of the dirt and muck off the floor, thats when I noticed quite a large amount of dead varroa. So I double checked the brood and bees for any signs of live varroa but nothing!
oh also, some of the frames in the super had gone a little mouldy. Its quite a large hive, 2 brood boxes and one super, although they've now eaten all the honey from both, and only really using 1st brood box.
What do you think I should do? Should I treat them and what with, I don't want to ruin my honey crop.
Thank you in advance,
Samuel.
I checked my hives today for the first time this year. It got quite warm in the sun so I thought I'd take advantage. The bees have been busy for about a week now, they're bringing in loads of pollen and are very active.
Now I'm still quite new to this, but definitely not a beginner.
The hive in question had plenty of brood in good patterns, honey and the bees seemed healthy. However I decided to remove some of the dirt and muck off the floor, thats when I noticed quite a large amount of dead varroa. So I double checked the brood and bees for any signs of live varroa but nothing!
oh also, some of the frames in the super had gone a little mouldy. Its quite a large hive, 2 brood boxes and one super, although they've now eaten all the honey from both, and only really using 1st brood box.
What do you think I should do? Should I treat them and what with, I don't want to ruin my honey crop.
Thank you in advance,
Samuel.