Maybe we could do slug racing?
Maybe we could do slug racing?
http://www.hgca.com/document.aspx?fn...icationId=2770
surprised there are any slugs left check link
The pollen beetle might be in short supply as well
http://www.hgca.com/document.aspx?fn...icationId=9242
Last edited by The Drone Ranger; 14-04-2013 at 08:51 AM.
DR.
You could start your own flea circus only in your case use pollen beetles.
Fleas are so passé.
I can just picture you as a ringmaster making those hapless beetles jump through hoops and do handstands.
Roll up roll up.
EDIT
Just trying to rehabilitate Paul McCartney after the highlighting of his worst moments re. Mull of Kintyre and the frogs
Last edited by Jon; 14-04-2013 at 11:05 AM.
I have exterminated braula at the same time as varroa I think
I'm a bit guilty about it
Apparently it's sir Paul now and the frogs chorus was dropped from wings live set around the time the vegetarian pork pie fiasco
I can't keep up with music these days
Was he in the beatles as well as wings ??
Last edited by The Drone Ranger; 14-04-2013 at 05:14 PM.
An update.
If I see slugs inside a hive again I'll hoof them out, and be liberal with the (organic) pellets around and under the hive stand.
There were nine large (Tiger?) slugs inside the hive. Some were on the underside of the crown board between the frame tops, others were lower down, in between the outer frames. Each one surrounded by a generous layer of slime. The slime had soaked into the top bars and mildewed them. They had also munched their way through the outer empty frames, leaving a disgusting slime trail. I removed those frames and replaced them with new.
I couldn't see any evidence that they had damaged, or got near, any brood. I couldn't remove all the mildewed frames because they are full of brood (did you notice the 'brag'?) so I'm hoping they will dry out without being weakened in any way.
I can't work out why this one hive was targetted, because there were no slugs in any of the others. They're all poly hives, set up in the same way and within a couple of yards of each other.
I had 2 polynucs through winter, and although the bees survived, a mouse had enlarged the entrance gone in and munched up some comb
Was he looking for a tasty slug or two ?
Slugs in my poly nucs too. Do you use the plastic crown board thingy they supply? I think it's that.
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