MandF
Drone Bee
- Joined
- Oct 28, 2009
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- Location
- London, UK
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 2
Hi all,
Living in London I wanted to give the girls as long as possible to fill the supers, so my intention was to start the autumn apiguard treatment late august.
I am going away on holiday for a couple of weeks on 9th September, so my initial thought was to put the first tray in on 25th, then the second 2 weeks later on 8th Sept.
I then thought maybe I could do the first tray on 9th September, so did a quick google for the usual autumn apiguard date in London, and found a post from another West London association talking about starting on 6th August, and telling all their members to do the same. To me that is too early, as I know we have some himalayan balsam around here and my bees are on it.
Anyway, just looking for suggestions on when to treat - will temps still be ok in mid/late october (6 weeks after 9th Sep)? Or is 25th August sensible for first tray which will mean the treatment ends early October?
If thats also too late I could get the first tray in on 14th August, then second tray on 28th which I could leave on until I get back from hol late sept.
Thanks!
Living in London I wanted to give the girls as long as possible to fill the supers, so my intention was to start the autumn apiguard treatment late august.
I am going away on holiday for a couple of weeks on 9th September, so my initial thought was to put the first tray in on 25th, then the second 2 weeks later on 8th Sept.
I then thought maybe I could do the first tray on 9th September, so did a quick google for the usual autumn apiguard date in London, and found a post from another West London association talking about starting on 6th August, and telling all their members to do the same. To me that is too early, as I know we have some himalayan balsam around here and my bees are on it.
Anyway, just looking for suggestions on when to treat - will temps still be ok in mid/late october (6 weeks after 9th Sep)? Or is 25th August sensible for first tray which will mean the treatment ends early October?
If thats also too late I could get the first tray in on 14th August, then second tray on 28th which I could leave on until I get back from hol late sept.
Thanks!