What did you do in the Apiary today?

[Tremyfro]

Feeders on all hives and filled to the brim...frequent checking and refilling as required....phew!
Beautiful day and more to come.
I need to insulate the wooden langstroth hive...what do you think of using a cold water tank jacket? It's flexible so could be wrapped around easily....and a piece under a larger roof?? Just thinking waste not ...want not!

 

[maddydog]

I need to insulate the wooden langstroth hive...what do you think of using a cold water tank jacket? It's flexible so could be wrapped around easily....and a piece under a larger roof?? Just thinking waste not ...want not!

Think I'd be worried about it getting soaking wet and making the problem worse

 

[TryingToLetThemBee]

I'm having the same with large loads of pollen. Is it ivy?

Probably. Google up the pollen guide.

 

[madasafish]

Gradually finishing feeding on a hive by hive basis.
Weighed all hives - front and rear - to get an accurate weight assessment.
Unsurprisingly the strongest are the heaviest.

Average weight of 8x Langs unchanged around 31kg from 23rd Sept.

Average weight of 3 nucs up 2kg to 14kg.TBH unchanged 29kg.

Finshed hive stand maintenance/repair.

 

[Tremyfro]

Think I'd be worried about it getting soaking wet and making the problem worse

I see your point but the insulation is wrapped in a thick plastic and sealed so it shouldn't get wet inside....and I have enough celotex to make a big roof to hang over the edges. I will have to do something after we finish feeding.

 

[Swarm]

A piece of insulation in the roof should be more than enough, wrapping timber is never a good idea.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

A piece of insulation in the roof should be more than enough, wrapping timber is never a good idea.

far too much fannyarsing around with wrapping and cladding rather than looking after the bees.

 

[TryingToLetThemBee]

The finished article before tar-paper roof. Problem is ply has made fit snugger. Going to be fun to get off...

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[DerbyBee]

A piece of insulation in the roof should be more than enough, wrapping timber is never a good idea.

I make my rooves 170mm high with 100mm of insulation. Good for summer and winter.

 

[drex]

far too much fannyarsing around with wrapping and cladding rather than looking after the bees.

I agree with JBM. I make sure I have strong healthy colonies, well fed , in well maintained (wooden) hives going into winter, with a sheet of kingspan over the crownboard, on OMF. Rarely have any winter losses. My apiary is also fairly sheltered from strong winds.

 

[Tremyfro]

far too much fannyarsing around with wrapping and cladding rather than looking after the bees.

Really? ...and you would know I suppose.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Hmmm - on the gin a bit early today are we?

 

[Tremyfro]

Hmmm - on the gin a bit early today are we?

I don't drink gin....but I am fed up with your throw away comments with a barb in the tail. Why can't you be pleasant for a change...it would be really refreshing...

 

[TryingToLetThemBee]

Finished. Just hope they can ventilate through a 5mm hole...

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[user 6228]

The finished article before tar-paper roof. Problem is ply has made fit snugger. Going to be fun to get off...


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why line the inside with ply?

 

[user 6228]

Really? ...and you would know I suppose.

If I had risen to every jibe from JMB over the last 5 years ... chill...

or is it gybe ... anyway dont let him put the wind up you (sailing joke )

 

[Tonyatcwfarm]

transferred a colony in a 6 frame paynes nuc with 2 supers filled and capped ivy honey to a brood and half national to relieve congestion,will nadir super next week
Cant believe the flow of ivy this year,had the blackberry been as kind...
all full colonies and nucs still flat out as we are having a mild spell over here,should be able to take a 2 full supers to use as feed for next years nucs from my 2 strongest colonies as they are on brood and half with 2 supers each

 

[Tremyfro]

If I had risen to every jibe from JMB over the last 5 years ... chill...

or is it gybe ... anyway dont let him put the wind up you (sailing joke )

Sometimes he does run on somewhat....anyway back to the bees. Been a great day for foraging this afternoon.....I don't suppose the beehaus's will need very much syrup...they must be pretty full by now. I will be checking tomorrow if they have taken any down.

 

[TryingToLetThemBee]

why line the inside with ply?

I didn't. That would have killed the fit. It's more a matter of squeezing from outside.


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[jenkinsbrynmair]

fabricated a handy little eke to take a varrox under a Maisie's nuc Finished the first round of bleaching all the hives.
Mixed a little harmless herbal tonic into fifty gallons of invert.