Well I did a hive inspection of the swarm hive yesterday and I must say I was inpressed and shocked at the rate that they have built this hive up in one month
1st inspection of swarm hive
2nd inspection of swarm hive
comments welcome guys if any ?
Well I did a hive inspection of the swarm hive yesterday and I must say I was inpressed and shocked at the rate that they have built this hive up in one month
1st inspection of swarm hive
2nd inspection of swarm hive
comments welcome guys if any ?
Like your enthusiasm GwizzieOriginally Posted by gwizzie
You might have started a new trend to post video
What are you going to do in the Winter when there is no beekeeping
There might be a thread on here about varroa treatments that's an important Winter task
You can start now with thymol treatments but not if your bees are going to heather
Seven frames of brood is good but with 3 frames left to draw they are not strong enough now to get a heather crop. Keep feeding until that box is full and you might (just might) yet get some heather honey as it is a late season. I just watched the second one.
The bees seem to be leaving your black gloves alone, but sometimes they react badly to black.
Good though, and yes, this could be a new trend.
Johnny Cash was never going to make a beekeeper
Hi Gav, you could be right I'm not saying your not, but they're going to the heather as there getting to many now flying about in my small garden, also they will still get a feed to help them out to draw the last few
As for the black gloves !!! I was told that when others seen them but they don't bother with them at all gav and there stronger and thicker than the blue ones. Also hands don't sweat as much in these.
These are the ones
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Last edited by gwizzie; 05-08-2015 at 04:22 PM.
Just a wee update on my hives that now have all been moved to my apiary, they are all doing fine. Two of the hives have had a super on then for the last week, and when checking the other two hives today they were about to burst so I have had to add supers to them now as well, there seems to be a good flow on here now around my apiary.
The bell heather is still out but the main ling heather is just starting to come out now and the bees are just getting to work on it, lets hope that the weather stays the same as it has for the last few days. I seen one of my bees working the ling today BIG deal for me as my 1st year of beekeeping so sorry if this post boars you
Can someone please tell me if the pollen on the bees leg is from the ling heather ???
Last edited by gwizzie; 19-08-2015 at 07:21 PM.
Hi Graham
Is that one called heather
They seem to be working individually where's all her mates ?
I'm Waiting for the "extracting heather honey " vid
Well after showing the video to a beekeeper he thinks that the pollen on the bees leg is more likely to be field thistle as ling heather pollen is a bit more browner. O well you learn something new every day
Well fingers crossed for some good weather and hard working bees for that long awaited Highlander heather
Hey DR,Like your enthusiasm Gwizzie
You might have started a new trend to post video
What are you going to do in the Winter when there is no beekeeping
There might be a thread on here about varroa treatments that's an important Winter task
You can start now with thymol treatments but not if your bees are going to heather
Yep you could bee (pardon the pun) LOL yes I think it is a good way of referring back on hive inspections as were all not getting any younger (me included) and memory is not as good as I would like it and videoing what I do at each hive is a great way, also allows me to show it to you guys so you can scrutinise it
In the winter I will be learning more and getting ready for the next year MY 1st Real year of beekeeping. (hibernating more like) LOL
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