So its getting colder and there is a lot more liquid sunshine around rather than the conventional warm dry kind, which seems to of deserted us in the Scottish Borders. Maybe it got board of the lockdown.
Iv got one hive on a double national brood and one on a brood and a half. I did have a single drone cell foundation super on each in a hope of getting them drawn and some ivy into then. In hopes of at least getting some drawn supers to put on them in spring. Iv stuffed them both with 1to1 and pollen patties up till august then switched to 2to1 in mid September as the weather has been shocking.
Both seem to be pretty heavy to the point of back straining to lift, (super off) and have drawn half a super a piece of the drone cell foundation.
But there still seems to be a hell of a lot of bees in both. The double is over 8 frames top and bottom but only maybe 6/7 frames of brood in all. Tha brood and a half. Is over 6 to 7 frames top to bottom. Only brood in the bottom box maybe 4/5 frames.
Iv got fondant in my shed should i need it come January/Febuary.
Iv taken off the part drawn supers and got foil coated ,bubble wrap winter wraps on with an inch of polystyrene between them and the hive and sealed the crown boards with the same bubble wrap foil stuff and 3 inches of polystyrene above.
My question is am i missing anything?
Iv got one hive on a double national brood and one on a brood and a half. I did have a single drone cell foundation super on each in a hope of getting them drawn and some ivy into then. In hopes of at least getting some drawn supers to put on them in spring. Iv stuffed them both with 1to1 and pollen patties up till august then switched to 2to1 in mid September as the weather has been shocking.
Both seem to be pretty heavy to the point of back straining to lift, (super off) and have drawn half a super a piece of the drone cell foundation.
But there still seems to be a hell of a lot of bees in both. The double is over 8 frames top and bottom but only maybe 6/7 frames of brood in all. Tha brood and a half. Is over 6 to 7 frames top to bottom. Only brood in the bottom box maybe 4/5 frames.
Iv got fondant in my shed should i need it come January/Febuary.
Iv taken off the part drawn supers and got foil coated ,bubble wrap winter wraps on with an inch of polystyrene between them and the hive and sealed the crown boards with the same bubble wrap foil stuff and 3 inches of polystyrene above.
My question is am i missing anything?