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    Quote Originally Posted by Adam View Post
    Jon, Gavin, What do you do with your Apideas at the end of the year?
    I was an Apidea virgin until this summer, so I look to you guys for advice.

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    My Wife can get to her Mothers and back before the dishwasher has finished so that's not an option for me. I will say no more for fear of being chastised by the female member of the forum....

    I've cleaned up a couple - that's polynucs and not female members of the forum - House bricks come into play again as in order to soak off anything the very buoyant polystyrene needs to be submerged. I have not used Virkon; is it just a bleach or does it contain and dissolving powers?

    What do you do with the surplus bees? I shook one out in front of a colony yesterday evening. They walked up the ramp from the grass and kept going past the entrance! At 10:30 they were still clinging onto the outside of the hive. This morning they had all gone in.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Adam View Post
    What do you do with the surplus bees?
    I am planning to unite apideas to try and overwinter a few in double or triple units.

    Re. the Virkon, I don't think is will dissolve anything but it has very powerful against both bacteria and viruses.

    http://www.farmchem.co.uk/virkon-s-10-kgs-563-p.asp

    I bought 50 tablets for about 15 quid.

    http://www.animalmedicationdirect.co...g-pr-4131.html
    Last edited by Jon; 23-08-2011 at 07:55 PM.

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    Here's the photos.
    Queen on grass is joined by more bees. She was put in the mini-nuc in a cage and the rest followed. A full mini-nuc!
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