- Joined
- Jul 16, 2013
- Messages
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- Location
- south kirkby, pontefract
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 3
During last week I put some apiguard in my hive and put the inspection board in place so I could check for mite drop. I went up to the hive today, some three days later to check and what greeted me was quite a lot of dead bees on the floor around the hive. When I went round the front of the hive the bees were gathered on the outside of the front section. Plenty of bees were still coming and going into the hive. When I pulled the tray out to check for the mites, which was a low count, loads of bees fell to the floor. Is this the girls swarming under the hive? Or is it due to lack of ventilation due to the apiguard and the inspection board in place. On looking under the hive I could not see hm but I could have quite easily have missed her if she was amongst the bees under the hive.
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