What did you do in the Apiary today?

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Quick scoot around the hives to take out inspection boards and check fondant, a few bees out and about in the sunshine andall hives now tucking into the fondant to some extent so will have to top up next week after I have my work break - i.e. a break from home to do some work!!

 

[meirch1]

Apiary visit 1st jan 2013!

3 colonies checked for varroa 3 weeks ago, one colony had a few so treated with oxalic today, honey super moved to lightest hive from heaviest, will add candy this week. All clusters look well.

 

[youngyoungs]

Two hives treated with OA, both fine and not taken any fondant yet. Nuc (?DLQ) also treated, now a single seam of bees, didn't think it would survive this far.

 

[Wigggy]

Bees active and bringing pollen back.

 

[garlicpickle]

Did OA on mine, checked the fondant but they had hardly touched it so tucked them back up.

 

[DarynWebb]

Did OA and checked stores no need to feed yet

 

[drex]

Did OA on all of them. All but one were good strong colonies. The other is headed by my new ( autumn) Buckfast queen, so will wait and see.

Took the opportunity to weigh them ( all OK), clear entrances, and put wood preserver on.

Bright sunshine all day but max 8 degrees

 

[Mellifera397]

Cleared out the entrance to my one hive and had a peek through to see the cluster that has gradually moved since last month, fingers crossed

 

[Little John]

My Italians have been very active - they've already scoffed most of their stores and are now tucking into dry sugar and candy with a vengeance.

Although active, they've been stuck indoors for quite some time - today I spotted a few traces of diarrhoea near the entrance - will need to keep my eye on that.

Thursday and Friday are predicted to be 12 degrees, so should be a lot more poop around then.
LJ

 

[Mr Bumbles]

Moved one of my Hives to a sheltered position and checked stores on others. A beautiful day in Cornwall hope you all had the same,Happy new year

 

[dpearce4]

Went and did Oa for my hives today, one had 5 seams of bees the rest were 8,9 or 10 seams, had to pop fondant on 4 and I think the rest will need fondant by the end of the month.

Helped with the BKA hives today, 1 dead, 1 with 2 seams, 2 with 3 seams, 1 with 4 seams and 1 with 7 all so light they could be lifted with 2 fingers if u wanted to so all got fondant. Have a feeling the BKA may end with only 1 or 2 hives at the end of winter.

 

[protheroe]

had a few roofs that were leaking, so i refelted them and added fondant to my nucs.

 

[Spikedog]

Apibioxal vapoured onto three hives - the volume of response variable. One very weak Nuc (possibly died out) excused treatment. Too cold to open up so fingers crossed they hold a critical mass to make the Spring and not join the ever expanding 'Winter Losses' roll call... Best wishes to all members for 13...

 

[BeeJayBee]

Helped with the BKA hives today ... all so light they could be lifted with 2 fingers if u wanted to so all got fondant.

Maybe a timely warning that the warm weather has encouraged them to eat more than usual.

 

[ultreen1]

Removed the paving slabs from under the stands and replaced with gravel. moved 2 hives a few inches to the the right to make space for a hive to AS in spring when needed! All quiet today not one bee came out.

 

[Goran]

Just watching bees fly around today and wondering.. Night temp. -4, day temp +4 to 5. And they are flying for a long period of day ( sunny). Also visiting some flowers but as I can see just for training. It looks to me they are going into new season much earlier..
But real winter didn't came yet. Will see..

 

[Luminos]

Superb photo, Goran

 

[Goran]

Superb photo, Goran

It's small amateur photo camera. Even so I made a lot of photos, mainly for our joy. I'm not good in photography - just pressing the button. . Something come out ( pretty or not)..

 

[Swarm]

Yes, lovely shot. Looks like Summer.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

It's small amateur photo camera. Even so I made a lot of photos, mainly for our joy. I'm not good in photography - just pressing the button. . Something come out ( pretty or not)..

That's the beauty of digital photography - you can take hundreds of photos, and if only one turns out great - it hasn't cost you anything - took me a while to get used to that, first time in Rome with a digital SLR took less than 200 hundred photos, the next year over a thousand