What did you do in the Apiary today?

[Erichalfbee]

Quick check in brood boxes ......all colonies after having left two alone completely for five weeks. New home made Buckie has laid up 7 frames wall to wall, and the mad hive is similar. Three colonies have practically zero capped brood but lots of eggs.
Very very disappointed in The LASIs. Load of junk in my opinion, hardly expanding at all. One will get some more bees and brood from a swarm caught in the garden the others will have to amble along and maybe go into a smaller box for the winter. Apart from one hive...the mad one...there is zero honey in the brood boxes.

 

[B+.]

Very very disappointed in The LASIs. Load of junk in my opinion, hardly expanding at all.

Maybe they are so hygienic that they are throwing all of the infected brood out! ;-)

 

[Erichalfbee]

Maybe they are so hygienic that they are throwing all of the infected brood out! ;-)

I was going to write that......tongue in cheek.
Varroa loads not too bad so far and they are both new colonies so should be still under threshold.

 

[coatesg]

Inspection this evening. Found my new large dark queen in hive no 1 (swarmed previously), and marked her, only to then find 2 charged supersedure cells in top box. Suppose I'll have to let them get on with it...

Nuc and Hive 2 will need feeding up more, but doing well.

Reduced entrances a little....

 

[Tremyfro]

Quick check in brood boxes ......all colonies after having left two alone completely for five weeks. New home made Buckie has laid up 7 frames wall to wall, and the mad hive is similar. Three colonies have practically zero capped brood but lots of eggs.
Very very disappointed in The LASIs. Load of junk in my opinion, hardly expanding at all. One will get some more bees and brood from a swarm caught in the garden the others will have to amble along and maybe go into a smaller box for the winter. Apart from one hive...the mad one...there is zero honey in the brood boxes.

Mine were sooo hygienic that they couldn't stand living in my Bee Yard...clearly not up to standard. All my bees laughter at them...OCD is not for them....I was very disappointed...they only ever made a hand sized patch of brood...rubbish.

 

[Plenty of honey]

Melted!!!

 

[Fatbee]

Motor packed up on spinner. So six supers to spin out on two frame manual. Want to cry...

 

[MuswellMetro]

almost passed out with the heat 31c as i was in full sun on SW facing slope, I gave up moving super up the hill to the hives to clean as couldn't see due to the sweat in my eyes

I opened a tub of apiguard to treat a Nuc in the shade and the apiguard was liquid

my fingers were crinkled due to the moisture when i took off my vinyl gloves

 

[beeno]

Mad dogs and Englishmen...
Did a lot of watering and weeding, but remained in the shade as much as poss. My solar extractor is doing well in the heat though.

 

[madasafish]

almost passed out with the heat 31c as i was in full sun on SW facing slope, I gave up moving super up the hill to the hives to clean as couldn't see due to the sweat in my eyes

I opened a tub of apiguard to treat a Nuc in the shade and the apiguard was liquid

my fingers were crinkled due to the moisture when i took off my vinyl gloves

Another advantage to wearing no gloves.. No sweaty hands.

Errr,,,,Just lots of propolis and stings

 

[Obee1]

Day before yesterday looked in on the garden hive supers - stuffed full and filling the gaps between frames due to lack of space. Had to remove frames and give comb. Bees all on HB. So yesterday decided the farm apiary may well need similar attentions. Got kit ready and drove there only to find farmer Dave and assorted vehicles muck spreading - right by my hives. Apparently he's sowing OSR. I had to abandon plans to relieve bees of their honey. Instead I took 10 jars of honey to his wife at the farmhouse. She was very pleased.

Back at home - the 13 superbee Virgins are all emerging in their mating nucs. Two not yet emerged, one I missed checking (did I mention I hid them round the garden!). Tally so far 10 emerged. I also have one that is from previous and must surely be mated by now. Didn't check her as it just takes so long doing all this checking. Too blinkin hot in Beesuit.

I have a pile of boxes of frames that need extracting but am taking five teenage girlies camping to Cornwall this week. Stupid idea!

 

[Swarm]

Instead I took 10 jars of honey to his wife at the farmhouse. She was very pleased.

I bet she was!!

 

[Stiffy]

Took some time off work yesterday afternoon and removed final 15 supers. My bee mobile did a cracking job.
S

 

[madasafish]

Vaped 8 langs and 3 nucs in an hour.. Hot and sweaty job with a respirator and beesuit.

 

[Cussword]

Took some time off work yesterday afternoon and removed final 15 supers. My bee mobile did a cracking job.
S

I want one of them!!

 

[beeno]

I want one of them!!

Me too, very cute.

 

[beeno]

Showed an unexpected caller, who was also a beek, around my hives and displayed some varroa which he had not seen before as he hadn't been looking. Only 3 since Saturday, so I was pleased. Not that I am in a rush to treat in this heat!

 

[Jimmys Mum]

Took the last of the supers off the 7 home hives and put on Apilife Var just before the heavens opened. One hive is bearding all over the front, the others don't seem to have noticed! I'm treating earlier this year as I have seem some varroa damage coupled with high drops from the OMF in a few hives.
Tomorrow will be doing the same at the out apiary.

Looking to be about 1/5 down from last year's honey harvest, mainly due to no rape nearby this year but still, not a bad year with a few supers of lovely lime honey

 

[Stiffy]

I want one of them!!

Piaggio Porter, exactly the same as Daihatsu Hijet. We bought it from a fella close to Brum and drove it home to Cornwall.

We looked at all the pick-ups and as we already have a vehicle each, couldn't justify paying really silly money for a truck for our small bee business.
It has only done 11000 miles, spent most of its life in Afghanistan with the RAF and was really well cared for.
I love it, very basic.....bit like me really
S

PS Apparently it will carry nearly a ton and you can also get a 4x4 version as well.......maybe next time

 

[Hivemaker.]

PS Apparently it will carry nearly a ton

680Kg.