I have gone into winter with just three colonies.
Three weak ones were destroyed by wasps.
So I have two WBC hives for sale. Any offers before they go to ebay?
I will cut down the number of types of hive that I operate from three to two: Commercial and Polyhive.
Keeping more than one type of frame format is barmy - it just happened that way. So now I need to rationalise.
Next job: dose the hives with Oxalic acid. I did this last year and the bees survived. Would they survive anyway? Dunno. Do they have a big varroa infestation? I don't think so. But I'll follow the prescribed treatment.
News from the home hive: the weather has just warmed up to about 8C. A few bees are on cleansing flights and there are quite a few bodies on the landing board, so they have had a clean-out.
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How are things looking these days? our temps just hit cleansing flight worthy and I see life from my hive. Have been curious about yours.
ReplyDeleteHi Joan, yes some cleansing flights. But a lot of dead bees on the landing board. See latest post. All colonies still alive. So far :-).
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