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Treated with what newbeeneil?Treated another batch of English feeders to give more grip for the bees.
Treated with what newbeeneil?Treated another batch of English feeders to give more grip for the bees.
Just viewed your little Vid..
I fed two colonies 2:1 sugar syrup a few day's..the next day i had the same happen as i have before..the bees come out in a mad rush but nobody knows where the food rush is coming from so they can not tell each other...which results in confusion..one colony was fine and had no mass of bees fanning at the entrance..the neighbouring colony was humming like a chain saw with masses of bees outside and half way up the brood box above the entrance...
This here(me) thick **** had forgotten to pull the inspection tray out and the bees where frantically trying trying to get the air con working through a narrow tunnel entrance..i pulled the inspection tray out 4in below the mesh floor and 10min's later all was back to normal..
Treated with what newbeeneil?
Thank you Newbeeneil. I stopped using these feeders as l couldn't bear to see drowned bees. I shall try again using your system.I find sometimes bees can't get grip on the existing rough side of the cone so I enhance the grip by spraying the cone with cellulose paint and sprinkling in some dry sand/grit.
I don't get dead bees anymore in the syrup.
Just viewed your little Vid..
I fed two colonies 2:1 sugar syrup a few day's..the next day i had the same happen as i have before..the bees come out in a mad rush but nobody knows where the food rush is coming from so they can not tell each other...which results in confusion..one colony was fine and had no mass of bees fanning at the entrance..the neighbouring colony was humming like a chain saw with masses of bees outside and half way up the brood box above the entrance...
This here(me) thick **** had forgotten to pull the inspection tray out and the bees where frantically trying trying to get the air con working through a narrow tunnel entrance..i pulled the inspection tray out 4in below the mesh floor and 10min's later all was back to normal..
Nice image of a dark bee too!!!
Chons da
Removed final apiguard dish and eek between showers. Double brood box and 1 super crammed with bees
Do you shower before and after inspections!
E
I find sometimes bees can't get grip on the existing rough side of the cone so I enhance the grip by spraying the cone with cellulose paint and sprinkling in some dry sand/grit.
I don't get dead bees anymore in the syrup.
The plastic rapid feeders I have, have both inner and outer surfaces of the cones ridged during manufacture .Also the inside surface of the cone cover .
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Same here but bees seem to slip into the syrup when I don't add extra grip. I get very few dead bees nowadays.
Tested out my new mask, snorkel and fins.
Cornish Black Aquatic Bees?
Tested out my new mask, snorkel and fins.
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