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sally_in_wales Downsizer Moderator
Joined: 06 Mar 2005 Posts: 20809 Location: sunny wales
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Posted: Mon Sep 11, 06 1:21 pm Post subject: Lost a hive |
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Just been to inspect the troops, and we've lost a hive
No idea what happened, a while back we split the hive leaving this one with a very healthy colony and taking a smaller batch off elsewhere. Today its full of wasps, waxmoth larvae (horrid things) and dead bees.
No easy way to tell if a disease got them or whether it was the wasps, but it looks as if they had been working happily until about a week or so ago. Poo
The other hive is thriving though, Its got a double brood box and one is full of honey so given the problems with the other one we're not going to harvest anything, just let them stay as they are to overwinter, they have good stores in and are battening down with propolis madly, so we'll see how they weather the winter.
Wasn't feeling fab today anyway, dead bees is not a good addition to the afternoon |
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