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Re: What have you done today bee-related?

PostPosted:15 May 2019, 16:42
by NigelP
If they have "swarm fever" they will be off again.
I did a vertical pagden as queen was proving elusive (wanted to do Snelgrove II) .....Top box fine....
Bottom box with flying bees and queen and some fresh foundation, drawn and undrawn,....queen cells everywhere....
The queen is currently 75% local mongrel and has picked up their annual swarming genes.

Re: What have you done today bee-related?

PostPosted:15 May 2019, 20:11
by Spike
Chrisbarlow wrote:
13 May 2019, 16:13
Showing a couple of new beekeepers how to inspect. That's been my day
Was it sucessful? What problems did you encounter?

Re: What have you done today bee-related?

PostPosted:15 May 2019, 21:28
by Chrisbarlow
Spike wrote:
15 May 2019, 20:11
Chrisbarlow wrote:
13 May 2019, 16:13
Showing a couple of new beekeepers how to inspect. That's been my day
Was it sucessful? What problems did you encounter?
Went fine Spike. Couple of nice beekeepers and a straight forward inspections on a few hives.

Re: What have you done today bee-related?

PostPosted:16 May 2019, 22:20
by JohnB
My first post on here. Inspected my two nucleus colonies which I recently transferred into full size hive. Lots more bees, brood in all stages pollen being brought in and foundation being drawn out. All in all, a happy new bee keeper. Looking out for signs of queen cells though as there seems to be lots of swarming going on.

Re: What have you done today bee-related?

PostPosted:16 May 2019, 22:52
by thewoodgatherer
Collect a swarm from behind my house in the school playing field today sucsessfuly, my wife phoned the school back to tell them job done and the kids could use it at luchtime again - the school secretary asked if we had got all the bees :roll:

Re: What have you done today bee-related?

PostPosted:17 May 2019, 10:08
by Chrisbarlow
JohnB wrote:
16 May 2019, 22:20
My first post on here. Inspected my two nucleus colonies which I recently transferred into full size hive. Lots more bees, brood in all stages pollen being brought in and foundation being drawn out. All in all, a happy new bee keeper. Looking out for signs of queen cells though as there seems to be lots of swarming going on.
Welcome to the forum and have a great season. Don't worry about swarming with nucs. Give em plenty of space to expand and it "should" be ok.

Re: What have you done today bee-related?

PostPosted:17 May 2019, 16:10
by Chrisbarlow
showed a mate how to graft , set up cell raiser nuc box and use a dameree for cell raising.

Re: What have you done today bee-related?

PostPosted:17 May 2019, 21:57
by NigelP
Broke my own rule and went and collected a swarm....damn friends who get swarms.
If I hadn't seen a marked queen I would have said it was a cast swarm....but hey that's the colony size of our local bees for you....and in nontraditional swarm behaviour I took a few stings around the ankle (typical of our local bee behaviour)....they had only been there 3 hours.....hey hum.

Re: What have you done today bee-related?

PostPosted:18 May 2019, 10:03
by Alfred
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Used up offcuts ,odds and ends,and a mesh from the Welsh show.
Made a floor and feeder board
Total cost £4
Repaired a hole in suit.The bees would have told me about it anyway....

Re: What have you done today bee-related?

PostPosted:18 May 2019, 10:13
by NigelP
Ohh the joys of the local bees in my area....
Left swarm overnight in nuc with no frames so this morning added frames and frame feeder....chased around the garden and up my trouser legs.... This is a swarm the size of a large grapefuit.....