Month: July 2019

Five days ago we opened the hive and noticed something odd in some of the brood cells. As a consequence, we open the hive early this week and took two photos of the brood frames. The brood frames were being drawn out well and there was plenty of food on the frames. However, there were… Continue reading Possible hive problems for our honeybees

We opened the hive at 18.40 to check the condition of the colony and the feeder. Because we had not seen eggs previously this was our main aim. Finally, we saw a good number of eggs and larva in various stages prior to capping. However, we are concerned that a number of the uncapped larvae… Continue reading Opening the hive for the second time

What is it? According to NonNative Species.org: An invasive non-native hornet originally from Asia. The Asian hornet is a highly aggressive predator of native insects and poses a significant threat to honey bees and other pollinators. In 2004 it was accidentally introduced to France where it has spread rapidly and into neighbouring countries. Since 2016… Continue reading Yellow Legged Hornet or Asian Hornet

It’s been a week since we last disturbed the bees. Although, we lit the smoker we did not smoke the bees, because we were going to use a fine spray mist of water. However, we kept the smoker close at hand. We opened the hive at 19.00 the bees were calm. The syrup was almost… Continue reading Opened beehive

The bees have been busy doing what bees do. We have been getting anxious about the colony after their trip. However, we have curbed our worry until they have had 4 days. Then we will open the hive to examine the frames in the brood box. Finally. we have opened the hive up. Bees are… Continue reading Ouch, that was painful!

Finally, we brought our bee home last night and put them on their stand at about 10 o’clock. Next, we need to add the rapid feeder with syrup to encourage the bees to draw out the remaining brood frames. This we did early the next morning adding the feeder to the crown board and then… Continue reading Bees are here