What did you do in the Apiary today?

[Curly green finger's]

Enoughs enough, I've managed to get round 4 apiarys and the heat is making the girls a bit aggressive so I've taken to siting on the decking in the shade with a cider and cornetto!
Tomorrow is another day!

Admin why am I not supporting the forum any more??
I've just recently donated. Looks like it's been changed from earlier today?

 

[Angularity]

Yesterday evening I picked up the third swarm of the week. This one was tiny, about a pint of bees all told.

 

[Somerford]

Sadly some ‘do gooder’ pulled up all the Balsam on the lane beside one of my apiaries .

I was not impressed - at least wait until the flowers have gone !

S

 

[Curly green finger's]

Sadly some ‘do gooder’ pulled up all the Balsam on the lane beside one of my apiaries .



I was not impressed - at least wait until the flowers have gone !



S

By which time the seed would of spread every where I like your thinking!

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[Gilberdyke John]

Sadly some ‘do gooder’ pulled up all the Balsam on the lane beside one of my apiaries .

I was not impressed - at least wait until the flowers have gone !

S

One years seeds give ten years weeds

 

[Bear]

One years seeds give ten years weeds

I was told seven!
Still, same analogy!

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

I was not impressed - at least wait until the flowers have gone !

S

Which by then would be pretty pointless
I really don't get this blind obsession with this pernicious weed

 

[Curly green finger's]

Which by then would be pretty pointless

I really don't get this blind obsession with this pernicious weed

Blame the victorians, I'm not hole heartedly happy with it it's taking over in some parts up with me!
What ever happened to the rust trials they were doing??

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[madasafish]

Blame the victorians, I'm not hole heartedly happy with it it's taking over in some parts up with me!
What ever happened to the rust trials they were doing??

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I noted on my morning walk that parts near the local stream which were usually covered in HB in prior years have very little..

Some pernicious pullers but not round there so I assume crop failure? ( impact of lots of severe late frosts?)

Whereas a local gully with a large patch of HB last year has a larger one this year..

 

[Curly green finger's]

I noted on my morning walk that parts near the local stream which were usually covered in HB in prior years have very little..

Some pernicious pullers but not round there so I assume crop failure? ( impact of lots of severe late frosts?)

Whereas a local gully with a large patch of HB last year has a larger one this year..

This is just out on the Common.

It has spread up the valley for 2 miles

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[Erichalfbee]

Enoughs enough, I've managed to get round 4 apiarys and the heat is making the girls a bit aggressive so I've taken to siting on the decking in the shade with a cider and cornetto!
Tomorrow is another day!

Admin why am I not supporting the forum any more??
I've just recently donated. Looks like it's been changed from earlier today?

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[The Poot in Somerset]

I have been pulling out HB along the river bank that borders my garden. Last year I allowed it to spread. It effectively smothered native river bank vegetation, then died back leaving the bank open to erosion. It was a wet Winter and I lost a chunk of garden.
It kind of goes against the grain but sensible.

 

[Curly green finger's]

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Have done all sorted now.

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[Curly green finger's]

I have been pulling out HB along the river bank that borders my garden. Last year I allowed it to spread. It effectively smothered native river bank vegetation, then died back leaving the bank open to erosion. It was a wet Winter and I lost a chunk of garden.

It kind of goes against the grain but sensible.

There was supposed to be a trial with rust last year so I was watching on country file.. I've not seen or heard about it since. Did you see it on there? or anyone else for that matter??

It's good for the bees but not good for the native Flora.

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[Swarm]

Yes I saw something but I'm not a fan of releasing one thing to sort another, we cause too many problems and this could be another. In my experience, if there's something else on offer, the bees ignore the Balsam.

 

[Curly green finger's]

Yes I saw something but I'm not a fan of releasing one thing to sort another, we cause too many problems and this could be another. In my experience, if there's something else on offer, the bees ignore the Balsam.

That seems to be happening this season so far Steve it's being ignored.

I though the rust was only percific to hb.. Meaning it wouldn't effect other species of plants??

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[jenkinsbrynmair]

In my experience, if there's something else on offer, the bees ignore the Balsam.

seldom get any honey off it around here and we're surrounded by the damned stuff

 

[The Poot in Somerset]

I thought the bees really go for the balsam. I don’t feel so guilty pulling it now

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

I thought the bees really go for the balsam. I don’t feel so guilty pulling it now

It's rather poor nectar, high water content, so if there's anything else around, they may take pollen from it but little else.

 

[fiat500bee]

I'm about to knock together 40 brood box dummy boards, having had the wood cut yesterday.

Do many people use what Dave Cushman called, "division boards"....ie. a full-sized board which attempts to completely close off some redundant hive space? I spent half a day making four of those things; each one needs final tailoring to suit the box it will be used in.