What did you do in the Apiary today?

[sail819]

Spent a pleasant afternoon watching the comings and goings of the ladies and enjoying a very good Rose' chilled very nicely

 

[SunnyRaes]

Well I decided to give up beekeeping this weekend. I was mainly doing it to help out the other half, but apparently all I was doing was confusing things, contradicting and getting in the way. I was offered a hive, but it seems daft having 2 people managing different hives in one garden! Given it was her hobby to start with, I'm bowing out.

So any posts from this account now will be from her!

Thanks for the help and support you've given me, and hopefully you'll be able to provide the same to my other half!

 

[Ely]

Don't see why you can't have your own hive if you enjoy it. Woman eh? Can't live with em, can't kill em

 

[Swarm]

Don't see why you can't have your own hive if you enjoy it. Woman eh? Can't live with em, can't kill em

Collected supers.

 

[abi-e]

We have 2 hives in 1 garden - my dad runs the 'man hive' of nasty, angry, pingy bees who he assures me are pussy-cats! They produce no honey and swarm often!!
I have the 'lady hive' who are the family honey producers and usually more docile (although after a long period of queenless-ness this is not quite so true currently).
If you enjoy it then crack on - the bees were dad's activity in retirement, but they have sort of become mine too - just no retirement!!

 

[madasafish]

Fed a very small nuc - a queen which I thought would never be mated, then would never lay.. on 1.5 frames of brood in a very heavily insulated 7 frame TBH nuc.

Expect it to survive winter - lots of stores.

 

[Erichalfbee]

Well I decided to give up beekeeping this weekend. I was mainly doing it to help out the other half

I hope you'll continue to heft those heavy supers,though?

 

[Swarm]

I hope you'll continue to heft those heavy supers,though?

After first asking the question ...

"Struggling a bit there, love? Need a hand?"

 

[WelshPaul]

Finished sorting out my bee shed, looking to put a hive inside the shed for winter exiting through one wall, any tips welcome.

 

[TOBY-3652]

went to have a look at my bees that are on balsom. and was shocked they have been there 5 weeks and 4 of them were nearly starving,, nothing at all in brood or supers and my mate went to have a look at his and they were just the same going 2 feed them tomorrow

 

[Swarm]

Bees are only beginning to hit the Balsam here and the Balsam has suddenly burst into life. Mine were working it yesterday but not so much today.

 

[Headnavigator]

Sussed why one hive has no trouble with wasps and the other is needing a lot of help to fight back. Both hives have always been docile but Hive 1 suddenly has guard bees from hell who attempted to ban me and OH from the garden today - had to clean out the chicken house in a beesuit!
Second hive now OK with triple-only bee space entrance and tilted tinted glass in front, which I have found works best propped with a one-bee-space gap at the top which they used thankfully when I tried it, after struggling with entering round the sides. Wopsies baffled, thank goodness. Perhaps not over-bright? (These are the bees who have taken weeks to learn how to use a rapid feeder!)

 

[Walrus]

Yesterday I moved my weakened "under attack from loads of wasps" nuc 12 miles from my apiary to my back garden. Washed outside of nuc (a poly one) to hopefully destroy any wasp pheromone.

Today they were busily doing their thing and not a wasp in sight. Phew.

 

[victor meldrew]

Bees are only beginning to hit the Balsam here and the Balsam has suddenly burst into life. Mine were working it yesterday but not so much today.

I spent some time scorching my clearing boards and cleaning/adjusting my Porter bee escapes .
I took the clearing boards down to the apiary and sat awhile watching the bees wackering balsam nectar into the hives . I now face what has become an annual dilemma, do i forego thymol treatment and rely on oxalic acid treatment in December\January or take the honey now. my customers are champing at the bit ?VM

 

[Polyanwood]

Introduced new queen. Gave second dose of apiguard. Put syrup on 2 colonies as they were so short of stores.

 

[dpearce4]

I spent some time scorching my clearing boards and cleaning/adjusting my Porter bee escapes .
I took the clearing boards down to the apiary and sat awhile watching the bees wackering balsam nectar into the hives . I now face what has become an annual dilemma, do i forego thymol treatment and rely on oxalic acid treatment in December\January or take the honey now. my customers are champing at the bit ?VM

What about some and some VM?

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

In the apiary!!

yes - well where the hives used to be, they're now 20 yards away

 

[Roola]

Today we jarred up the last of our honey, 34 half pound jars which on top of our 52 pound jars means 69lb of honey from our first season, really proud of them. Just got to get both colonies through the winter now!!

 

[Swarm]

I spent some time scorching my clearing boards and cleaning/adjusting my Porter bee escapes .
I took the clearing boards down to the apiary and sat awhile watching the bees wackering balsam nectar into the hives . I now face what has become an annual dilemma, do i forego thymol treatment and rely on oxalic acid treatment in December\January or take the honey now. my customers are champing at the bit ?VM

Yep. It's a bugger isn't it.

 

[ultreen1]

I spent some time scorching my clearing boards and cleaning/adjusting my Porter bee escapes .
I took the clearing boards down to the apiary and sat awhile watching the bees wackering balsam nectar into the hives . I now face what has become an annual dilemma, do i forego thymol treatment and rely on oxalic acid treatment in December\January or take the honey now. my customers are champing at the bit ?VM

Same!
Weather supposed to be good for the next 10 days!
I'm going to leave supers on till September and treat with MAQS, after seeing them busy today and hearing the roar this evening I'm hoping they are working something!