What did you do in the Apiary today?

[thedozzer]

Built another 2 supers for the hives, and found out that making 22 frames with wired foundation is not a good idea in the garden in the sun, as you end up with very flexible & sticky foundation.

 

[deemann1]

Marked and clipped 8 new laying queens and inspected all hives today damn it was hot gotta love this aus armour

 

[madasafish]

Restarted Queen rearing (Nicot). Very fetching layer of sweat discolouring T shirt nicely for a wet shirt competition....

 

[Newbeeneil]

Marked and clipped 8 new laying queens and inspected all hives today damn it was hot gotta love this aus armour

I agree, the Ozarmour worked a treat as I tried to find a queen of a very aggressive hive. Took me 45 mins to find her and even in the Ozarmour I was sweating. As I was closing up I suddenly felt a sting through the suit! I think I was bending and stretching the suit across my back when I felt the familiar sharp pain just below my right shoulder blade.
One sting from hundreds of determined kamikaze bees didn't seem too bad in the end.

 

[simonforeman]

Was up at 05.00 to move a defensive hive to my out apiary. Maybe just me but the other garden hives today just seemed calmer with them gone today. Back to being able to sit next to the hives and watch them come and go...

Oh and have had my first feedback on my first batch of soft set from a customer.... they thought it was best they had ever had.... I'm happy as Larry.

 

[deemann1]

I agree, the Ozarmour worked a treat as I tried to find a queen of a very aggressive hive. Took me 45 mins to find her and even in the Ozarmour I was sweating. As I was closing up I suddenly felt a sting through the suit! I think I was bending and stretching the suit across my back when I felt the familiar sharp pain just below my right shoulder blade.
One sting from hundreds of determined kamikaze bees didn't seem too bad in the end.

I got a sting on the elbow trough mine last week

 

[Angry_Mob]

Checked few nucs again today, more signs of mated queens, manged to mark three. Fourth one got away. One half of the BS honey nuc didnt show any signs of being Q+ so did a air freshener unite and removed the divider.

Lots of filled supers, stark contrast to two weeks ago when most were empty. Added more to give them space.

 

[linoleum bonypart]

Any ideas on best cheap suit... Asking for a friend... Thought I'd get the hive mind involved rather than him get one off amazon

 

[B+.]

Any ideas on best cheap suit... Asking for a friend... Thought I'd get the hive mind involved rather than him get one off amazon

Were you thinking something like this? ;-)

 

[Murox]

Simon the beekeeper's suits are cheap enough and will probably stand some wear and tear, I have one thats been laundered a few times and now seems to be rather 'thin', and it shrunk a little. The visor is the least good thing as it tends to crack if folded, its some some of soft plastic in the facial zone.

 

[enrico]

No good thing as a cheap suit. Buy the best you can afford. If you can't afford anything other than cheap then save up!!
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[madasafish]

Restarted Queen rearing (Nicot). Very fetching layer of sweat discolouring T shirt nicely for a wet shirt competition....

Checked yesterday.
9 out of 10 started
(a record for me . Is my eyesight getting better or is it the magnifying glass I use has now been cleaned?)

 

[madasafish]

No good thing as a cheap suit. Buy the best you can afford. If you can't afford anything other than cheap then save up!!
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err my £35 jacket is still going after 9 years..

Mind you it's had new elastic all round twice and been re-veiled...which cost as much as the suit..

So I agree with Enrico

 

[maddydog]

Checked a few dozen nucs. 2 frames plus q made in early June, most are on 3-4 frames of bias with excellent brood patterns.
Swarm that I caught in crewe (not my bees) have swarmed again despite a nuc being taken from them. Fantastic build up and nice to handle but way too swarmy.

 

[Anduril]

err my £35 jacket is still going after 9 years..

Mind you it's had new elastic all round twice and been re-veiled...which cost as much as the suit..

So I agree with Enrico

Reminds me of this
https://youtu.be/LAh8HryVaeY

 

[Millet]

Found clipped and marked my last 2019 Queen rather pleased how slow she was on the comb..let's hope her offspring are the same..I also shook a drone layer of some kind out..if there was a Queen in there she must have been a tiny scrub one.

 

[Anduril]

Hive another swarm, yesterday.

 

[B+.]

I have just received 2 lovely grey carnica to test next year (DE-8-5-37-2019 and DE-8-5-41-2019). They were bred by Jan Krauter at the Meileneiche mating station and come highly recommended for hygienic behaviour.
I will introduce them to queenless nucs under a push-in cage this evening and let them establish their own colonies in time for winter.
I am toying with the idea of making some early test runs of daughters from them but my season only has another month to run so any colonies I did make would need support in order to prepare for winter
If anyone is interested, their estimated breeding values(*) are: honey production (112%), defensive behaviour (119%), calmness on the comb (118%), reluctance to swarm (119%), varroa index (118%) which gives a total estimated breeding value of 125%.

*Breeding values are a comparison against the 5-year mean with each 10% above, or below, the mean representing 1 standard deviation

 

[Repwoc]

How is the total breeding value calculated/estimated, B+?

 

[gregior]

Checked the supers on mine today,they were all completely empty on my last inspection 10 days ago and now range from 20 to 60 lbs per colony-pretty good going!