MJBee
Drone Bee
- Joined
- Dec 4, 2008
- Messages
- 1,812
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- Location
- Dordogne 24360 France
- Hive Type
- Commercial
- Number of Hives
- 16 a mix of Commercial, National, 14 x 12, Dadant and a Warre
Over the past 8 days we have had high pressure over us with chilly nights but warm sunny days. The bees have been very busy gathering pollen, water and possibly a little nectar (gorse). A weigh today showed that of the 8 colonies I have at home 4 INCREASED in weight, not by a lot, the others showed a SMALL decrease.
A varroa count gave an average daily natural mite drop of between 0 and 0.75 mites, so the Autumn Apiguard and Winter OA seems to have done the trick.
A varroa count gave an average daily natural mite drop of between 0 and 0.75 mites, so the Autumn Apiguard and Winter OA seems to have done the trick.
