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| raynerd:
Hi guys, in light of Joules post, I thought I'd do a quick post to show what I've been up to and see if we have any other beekeeper here. Video of my first hive inspection. This is a very small swarm that was caught. We since have a second hive with a 6 frame nuc installed. This is the construction of a hives national flat pack: |
| Joules:
Mine was more Bee abuse, after digging them up I put some comb with a few bees in a large zip lock bag and inspected the Bee's, they all had Varroa :( I squeezed some honey out of the comb and used a tooth pick to take a swab through the bag and tasted my local honey, yep nice, they must have collected from the local gardens. After that the bag was opened, all the comb put on a flag stone and watched the Bee's remove all the honey and pollen they had from the comb. Next day the comb was virtually clean except for the unborn. |
| mattinker:
I wish there was a like button! Just a "like" and an encouragement! Regards, Matthew. |
| Manxmodder:
Don't know if you guys are aware of this,but the Isle of Man is classed as one of the very few Varroa disease free places in the British Isles. Our local Bee society is very proud of this fact and strict importation restrictions apply to prevent the disease from colonising here. One of the great values of this being we have official Varroa free status and export Varroa disease free swarms from the Island. There's always the potential of one asshole to spoil it all though. We're now having to go through our status checks all over again. Makes you wonder what goes on in some peoples minds Link: http://www.iombeekeepers.com/no-one-owned-importing-bees-island/ OZ. |
| Joules:
Chris, any plans what you will do with the wax you harvest (most sell back to Thornes or exchange for new comb). I used to buy kg's of wax for various activities over the years, making polishes, applying to tool edges, blending for lost wax use, and making candles, they smell great in the winter. |
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