What did you do in the Apiary today?

[Eyeman]

Last of the Apidea mated queens are united with a 3 Frame nuc by putting the frames with bees & queen over the feed hole in the crown board. The roof of the nuc has space to accommodate a margarine tub of fondant which is just right to cover the Apidea frames. After a couple of weeks all brood is hatched and Apidea frames can be removed.
The queen is usually down inside the nuc and laying when I inspect 1 week later.

 

[B+.]

Relaxing .....with the kids till Friday.

Isn't that a contradiction in terms? ;-)

 

[Goran]

Past few days reshuffling colonies.. BB on top, super below, q.e. out which were still in the hives. Applied strips against varroa ( each apiary different based and will control after its efficiency). Gave Nozevit also. Fondants, sugar syrup ( 2:3) with touch of citric acid..
Surprisingly seems some forage is avaliable, maybe some of goldenrod, white clover, thyme, and other " weed"..
Mnucs also got their treatment as "big colonies"..

 

[Anduril]

Isn't that a contradiction in terms? ;-)

Not teenagers yet!

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Gin - works every time - administered to either party depending on circumstances!!

 

[Anduril]

Gin - works every time - administered to either party depending on circumstances!!

Must be under the influence

 

[Erichalfbee]

Gin - works every time - administered to either party depending on circumstances!!

The Victorians certainly knew about subduing their children

 

[yeogi75]

as you know I have had a accident with table saw ,so because of it if I got stung on the thumb it would swell up and split my stitches, I needed to check hives as one is queenless, so wife rapped my hand in plastic bags as no gloves will go over my bandages, so my thinking was take the queen from next hive and introduce her into queenless hive, removed queen put into introduction cage , strip down queenless hive and low and behold a massif black queen never seen one as big and as black ,shut up after marking and put queen back into original hive all good, now for sit down as thumb throbbing necking time?
for the not so squeamish

got got rid of table saw and bought a small saw

 

[B+.]

for the not so squeamish

got got rid of table saw and bought a small saw

OUCH! That has got to hurt!

You might be well advised to remove all sharp objects from your home

 

[yeogi75]

OUCH! That has got to hurt!

You might be well advised to remove all sharp objects from your home

wife's already done that also banned me from chain sawing a tree down dam it I was looking forward to that as well

 

[chrisb]

as you know I have had a accident with table saw ,so because of it if I got stung on the thumb it would swell up and split my stitches, I needed to check hives as one is queenless, so wife rapped my hand in plastic bags as no gloves will go over my bandages, so my thinking was take the queen from next hive and introduce her into queenless hive, removed queen put into introduction cage , strip down queenless hive and low and behold a massif black queen never seen one as big and as black ,shut up after marking and put queen back into original hive all good, now for sit down as thumb throbbing necking time?
for the not so squeamish
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got got rid of table saw and bought a small saw

dam I know how that feels, lost the end of my right thumb a few years back, did it in an 8" bench grinder hand slipped and wheel took end of in a flash.
bad part was there was nothing to stitch
for goodness sake keep it clean, Tesco do a pack of 5 fingerbobs ( fingerbuddies )

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

for goodness sake keep it clean, Tesco do a pack of 5 fingerbobs ( fingerbuddies )

or stick a condom over it - I've seen small sizes on sale in some shops (labelled large in England )

 

[TryingToLetThemBee]

Put out four mating nucs and two Apideas after three nights in the garage. Not confident, having put virgins in new nucs but I'll graft again on Sunday and in a couple of weeks I will at least have some very hopelessly Q- nucs to put virgins or super-ripe cells into. That'll be the last shot before the wasps though.

 

[Tremyfro]

Last test frame I put in had three queen cells on it but so did the frame next to it and one next to that

Ha ha ....but at least you knew they were intent on making a new queen. We didn't get into the hive today...rain was just too heavy with a strong wing blowing too...no let up all day!

 

[yeogi75]

dam I know how that feels, lost the end of my right thumb a few years back, did it in an 8" bench grinder hand slipped and wheel took end of in a flash.
bad part was there was nothing to stitch
for goodness sake keep it clean, Tesco do a pack of 5 fingerbobs ( fingerbuddies )

thanks chrisb will get wife to look

or stick a condom over it - I've seen small sizes on sale in some shops (labelled large in England )

what shops is that jbm never looked for small before

 

[yeogi75]

does anyone know if queens attack each other outside of the hive, or is it just in the hive itself as I have just seen two queens on the floor fighting, and one flew off and the other was dead ,I thought it may have come from one of my hives but on inspection all seems ok.

 

[B+.]

does anyone know if queens attack each other outside of the hive.

I have seen queens very reluctant to enter a back-up tube for II that I had just used on another queen so they are clearly aware of each others presence and avoid it wherever possible.

 

[B+.]

for goodness sake keep it clean,

Get yourself some hydrocolloid dressings from the chemist (Tesco sell them too). They really do make a difference to the rate of recovery. We found that last year when my son had an op on his toes.

 

[yeogi75]

Get yourself some hydrocolloid dressings from the chemist (Tesco sell them too). They really do make a difference to the rate of recovery. We found that last year when my son had an op on his toes.

hospital has put manuka honey dressing on maybe that not helping it

 

[B+.]

hospital has put manuka honey dressing on maybe that not helping it

That'll be good if you fancy a snack ;-)