What did you do in the Apiary today?

[Erichalfbee]

You could jar it and sell it to Aldi?

 

[Etton]

You could jar it and sell it to Aldi?

Was worried not enough food for them so fed them syrup, think I should have not bothered and left them alone, am too cautious!!

 

[Erichalfbee]

Was worried not enough food for them so fed them syrup, think I should have not bothered and left them alone, am too cautious!!

Don't be worried about being too cautious. Better than letting them starve. It all comes with experience. Take the super off and keep an eye on what's happening to the stores in the brood box. You need space for winter bees. And don't worry about the reference to Aldi. I was having a joke with JBM

 

[gregior]

Watched the bees coming and going again,huge balsam flow on here,didn't see 1 bee returning without a white back.One more nice day this week then very wet weekend and hints of summer returning next week,gonna need more supers!

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Constant heavy stream to and from the home apiary, you can see two golden corridors of bees, one lot heating North East to the Drysgol and the heather, the other dead South to the river Aman yea but a stone's throw (almost literally) away and the balsam. The apiary was still a thick cloud of bees at 1945, it's only now abated at 2030 but still with the occasional bee returning. all the entrances crowded with bees just mooching around, the sound of fanning is almost deafening with the smell of honey overpowering and can be smelt almost a hundred yards away!

 

[Plenty of honey]

Oops!!!

Just made up the last nucs today, i never stop learning. Last week i made up 10 nucs. mid afternoon. Moved them about 7 kilometres to another apiary. Opened up the doors and a lot of bees just absconded, I think it was just so hot, they were also dark or black bees, pretty excited and runny.
All the others i have opened up as it got dark and the following morning, they all there, no stress and good numbers per Nuc.
The second thing i did was go to harvest 2 supers off a clients hive i put an escape board under, three days ago. Lets just say, they were both empty and i used loads of expletives.
It seems the roof wasn't on completely flat, and as they rob out feeders, they robbed out two supers in 3 days. 20 kilos of honey i reckon. the thing is, we have a really dry period with nothing around, so robbing is instant!!
Will be using a square of polythene on top of the supers next year. The escape boards are brilliant, but they add an element of risk if you not snappy to harvest afterwards!! Silly me!!

 

[Michael Palmer]

Why not use a fume board, and be done with it?

 

[TryingToLetThemBee]

I had my own robbing "D'oh!" yesterday. A bit complacent given I have a flow on, and was throwing wax-melter paraphernalia around in the (non bee-proof shed) on the roof of which sit... three nucs. Was a learning experience seeing a robbing frenzy develop in real time and I think I caught it in time (victims safely in garage for a few days) but wow. That really is such an ugly aspect of beekeeping.

 

[Plenty of honey]

Why not use a fume board, and be done with it?

Considering all options Mike. Never actually seen one used. Could do with seeing how you use yours!!

 

[foghornleghorn]

Considering all options Mike. Never actually seen one used.

Use benzaldehyde here,does a good job and as fast as anything else if you're on your own

 

[Etton]

Don't be worried about being too cautious. Better than letting them starve. It all comes with experience. Take the super off and keep an eye on what's happening to the stores in the brood box. You need space for winter bees. And don't worry about the reference to Aldi. I was having a joke with JBM

If I take the super off and its unsealed syrup will it keep to use later?

 

[Erichalfbee]

Yes. Put it in the freezer

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

If I take the super off and its unsealed syrup will it keep to use later?

I thought you said they hadn't drawn any comb in there

 

[Michael Palmer]

Use benzaldehyde here,does a good job and as fast as anything else if you're on your own

I used Benzaldehyde for years. Bought it in Canada, and when they banned its use, I quit using it. Problem with that chemical is that when it evaporates, it leaves stalactite-like crystals behind, which break off and fall into the super.

I now use BeeGo which is butyric anhydride. Smells like a drunk in the gutter who puked on himself all night, and the dogs crapped on him afterward.

But it does work. We can harvest an apiary with a ton or more in a couple hours. No residual smell.

 

[nantmoel]

Queen have started emerging today in the incubator, 3 out already, number marked and popped into Apideas. I keep checking every half hour, never had a batch like this all waiting to emerge.

 

[Stiffy]

Considering all options Mike. Never actually seen one used. Could do with seeing how you use yours!!

I have used beequick for the last 3 seasons, works a treat and can clear a super in a few minutes.
S

 

[snelgrove]

Had a swarm arrive in a stack of empty supers in my back garden.

 

[Hivemaker.]

Checked some heather sites.
Made up a load more nucs to over winter.
Killed a dozen old queens and introduced new laying queens using direct introduction, no caging needed.

 

[Robbo8916]

Observed the bees piling in the balsam flow. So I took the opportunity to take the dog to the nearest patch of balsam and took a few crappy pictures on my phone. (Didn't realise the flash was on to begin with)

Enjoy. At least for new beekeepers this is what bees on the balsam look like.

 

[Swarm]

Observed the bees piling in the balsam flow. So I took the opportunity to take the dog to the nearest patch of balsam and took a few crappy pictures on my phone. (Didn't realise the flash was on to begin with)

Enjoy. At least for new beekeepers this is what bees on the balsam look like.

Welcome to beekeeping Rob Forage obsession, LOL.