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Author: Steve

1st Inspection 4/4/15

I carried out my first inspection today of my remaining 3 hives. They all had brood, 2 hives were across 5 frames and 1 was across 7.  Some way behind last year, but last year was very mild. Still plenty

Steve 7th April 20157th April 2015 Uncategorized Read more

Drone laying queen. 15/2/15

Yesterday I noticed that one of my hives was evicting undersized drones. I realised this probably meant the the queen was infertile and could no longer lay fertilized worker eggs. At this time of the year queens can’t get mated

Steve 15th February 201519th March 2015 Uncategorized Read more

Checking varroa inspection boards

After leaving the varroa inspections boards in for 96 hours I checked to see the results of the treatment.  The first hive had a huge mite drop, this is the hive I treated using a homemade thymol treatment. I think

Steve 11th January 201519th March 2015 Uncategorized Read more

Oxalic treatment 4/1/15

The first visit to my hives in 2015 was in order to apply oxalic acid to the bees to kill the varroa mites that are not in the brood.  Today I had a number of other members of SBKA with

Steve 5th January 201511th January 2015 Uncategorized Read more

Fondant Feeding 6/12/14

I have been concerned about the store levels in my hives recently, one in particular.  So I decided today to add a slab of fondant on top of the frames of the lightest hive. The others should be ok until

Steve 7th December 20147th December 2014 Uncategorized Read more

Mouse Guards

Fitted mouse guards to my hives today, a bit late this year but I didn’t fit them at all last winter. 

Steve 20th November 201420th November 2014 Uncategorized Read more

Spring Cleaning

No hive inspections at this time of the year, the main job is cleaning all the equipment for the spring.  So far I have cleaned and scorched all my free shallow and deep boxes, about 30 or 40 frames with

Steve 3rd November 20143rd November 2014 Uncategorized Read more

windy Weather

With windy weather forecast for the next couple of days, I have added some extra weight on top to hold the roof on.

Steve 20th October 201420th October 2014 Uncategorized Read more

Sleaford Target

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Steve 9th October 20149th October 2014 Uncategorized Read more

Hive Inspection 5/10/14

Just a quick look at my hives today to check they have taken enough stores down for winter.  They all seemed to be a bit light on stores for this time of year but had stopped taking down the sugar syrup. As

Steve 9th October 20149th October 2014 Uncategorized Read more
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