Feeding and fighting
I have 3 hives now, my little hive fought on and on, I made a mistake of putting syrup onto the frame and then opening it to give them some…
Feeding = Robbing
I am starting to think that this is going to be the case every time I feed my bees. Firstly once I started feeding I reduced the entrances, on the…
Feeding, inspections, …
On the 7th of April I mixed up syrup and got ready to feed, just prior to two days of rain, except with that came colder temperatures so it took…
Stores up to date 15/09/15
Hive A received 10 kg sugar syrup Hive B received 9 kg sugar syrup Hive C received 7 kg sugar syrup Hive D received 10 kg sugar syrup Hive E…
Feeding had to stop
I had to stop feeding since the 27th of August, noticed I had robbers coming for my syrup destined for my girls. Once I noticed they were getting robbed, which…
Feeding so far
Started feeding on the 21st of August 2015, I made a 2:1.3 mix, 2 kg of sugar to 1.3 ml of water. I usually feed a 3:2 mix but as…
4th Hive !
Yesterday afternoon, while I was sorting out the lawn edges I stopped to listen to the bees. They seemed to be pretty loud and a lot of them in the…
October, ….
Bees had been fed, tidied up, treated with HiveClean and left to their own devices. I decided to feed as otherwise I might have lost them. I have made a…
Sugar dusting 3
I was a couple of days late with the sugar dusting. Had bad weather and strong winds. Bees seem all right, had some more attacks on their stores but they…
29th July, 2012
We had an amazing thunderstorm last night, the weather has been a bit hot and humid so it was no surprise. I have noticed that the bees do a lot…