Winter losses 2015/16

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What percentage of your hives did you lose this winter? (Last 5 years in brackets)

  • 5 hives or less: No losses (2014/15 28%, 2013/14 48%, 2012/13 33%, 2011/12 46%, 2010/11 51%)

    Votes: 20 23.3%
  • 5 hives or less: 1-25% losses (8%,3%,8%,9%,7%)

    Votes: 5 5.8%
  • 5 hives or less: 26-50% losses (3%,3%,10%,8%,5%)

    Votes: 5 5.8%
  • 5 hives or less: 51-100% losses (1%,3%,7%,2%,4%)

    Votes: 3 3.5%
  • More than 5 hives: No losses (26%,22%,8%,13%,13%)

    Votes: 14 16.3%
  • More than 5 hives: 1-10% losses (18%,15%,10%,15%,12%)

    Votes: 17 19.8%
  • More than 5 hives: 11-20% losses (12%,5%,9%,4%,5%)

    Votes: 8 9.3%
  • More than 5 hives: 21-30% losses (3%,0%,6%,2%,0.5%)

    Votes: 7 8.1%
  • More than 5 hives: 31-50% losses (2%,0.6%,6%,0.5%,1%)

    Votes: 2 2.3%
  • More than 5 hives: 51-100% losses (0%,0.6%,3%,0.5%,1%)

    Votes: 5 5.8%

  • Total voters
    86
  • Poll closed .
Some Tripehound has placed bait hives along the edge of the field adjacent to one of my apiaries!:cuss::cuss::cuss:

Wasting his time as I clip all my queens...... must have been incredibly windy last night as I noticed all his roofs have blown across the field... one has even lodged itself high in an old Oak tree!

Perhaps he had high winter losses...or.... not a beekeeper,,, but a swarmchaser?

Yeghes da
 
You could have filled them for him . Can of expanding foam
 
Some Tripehound has placed bait hives along the edge of the field adjacent to one of my apiaries!:cuss::cuss::cuss:

that's nice!
Well, if you have a swarm go into the field I'm sure you could catch it if it ended up in one of those boxes. :sunning:
 
Some Tripehound has placed bait hives along the edge of the field adjacent to one of my apiaries!:cuss::cuss::cuss:

Wasting his time as I clip all my queens...... must have been incredibly windy last night as I noticed all his roofs have blown across the field... one has even lodged itself high in an old Oak tree!

Perhaps he had high winter losses...or.... not a beekeeper,,, but a swarmchaser?

Yeghes da

Ah........frisbees
 
Haha. Now I understand the other post.


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