No losses here yet either. Checked a few colonies yesterday and some had quite a drop of mites from Oxalic treatment the week before. One had about 250 mites on the board and that one had MAQS in August.
No losses here yet either. Checked a few colonies yesterday and some had quite a drop of mites from Oxalic treatment the week before. One had about 250 mites on the board and that one had MAQS in August.
Same here, but I like giving my apiary rents on Christmas eve. Of course I don't mind the cookies and maple syrup and other goodies. Everyone is in a good mood.Originally Posted by prakel
Got to say that it was a nice stop off for a Christmas eve, they're a great family and it is without doubt my favourite apiary.
Much like that here this week but without the -4C temps. We did have a frost, the first as far as I can recall since the start of Nov '13, on Monday (in-land, beyond the ridgeway is a very different story of course). Oddly for these parts we haven't yet seen the start of the bitter winds which try so hard to suck the life out of everything.
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Just back from checking the Varroa boards after treatment yesterday. A reassuringly low fall of mites from most colonies suggesting that either the Apiguard worked in Septemberor that they're all busily tucking into sealed brood
… even the nucs (which didn't get Apiguard) only have ~25 mites after 24 hours. I'll check again in a few days.
Happy New Year
Done my OA today and tidied up the mess that is my apiary, urban shelter to exposed rural setting, lessons learned. Bricks help a lot.
All hives alive but I think one will be lucky to make it through to spring.
Happy new year everyone.
Well it felt like the house was going to do a Wizard of Oz last night and fly up into the air! We've no power either (at someone else's house just now). A couple of roofs had flown off the hives but none had tipped over. The bees on a cursory glance seemed ok. Hopefully power back on and back to normal later today.
Hope that things are back to normal for you Gerry. Yesterday saw a flurry of activity at the Edinburgh and Midlothian BA apiary after this happened. Read more about it on their new Facebook page. This is it after a rescue operation that even included finding and re-hiving the queen and workers from the most damaged hive.
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