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I sugar roll before supers go on in the summer and before OAV in autumn. I'll get inspection trays in when I get back from Tradex
Still all colonies seems OK, it seems queen rearing paid off.. I eagerly wait to take frame in my hands as I feel there are some awesome colonies..
Congratulations Goran. I think we are all eager to see how our colonies look. Its that feeling of anticipation that we all get at this time of year.
How does your mentor feel about your queen rearing? He must be very proud of how much you have learned
He has some red queens which in 2016. still perform awesome and not prone to swarm. This spring they will go in jenter if all goes well..
Barbarian;578840 I wish I knew what was cropping the foliage off the Winter Aconite. If I knew it might be doubtful if I would do anything about it. .[/QUOTE said:In my garden deer and rabbits.
Cazza
It remains to be seen what happens in a month.
It remains to be seen what happens in a month.
Field voles have removed the tops of a good few of my spring bulb's.Spread some clumps in the apiary. Snowdrops/Grape Hyacinth/Sedum.
I wish I knew what was cropping the foliage off the Winter Aconite. If I knew it might be doubtful if I would do anything about it.
Some of the bees were quartering just above ground foliage level. Not sure why.
Nosema is easy to test for if you have a microscope. Here, most associations have a dedicated microscopist, of which I am one. Sounds likely though.
Reducing the volume they occupy and getting them on to clean comb is a good start. A few times I have saved them by feeding thymolated syrup - see hive makers sticky post. I believe tremyfro has had success by spraying them with thymolated syrup, a tip, I think, in Ron Brown's book.
Can you spray them with thymolated syrup?
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