Combining a small swarm with a queenless colony using newspaper - Hive 1 - 14.04.24
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- Опубликовано: 14 апр 2024
- Having donated the queen from Hive 1 to a queen less colony elsewhere, it was time to combine the swarm we caught yesterday with using the newspaper method.
A technique I have heard is tapping the side of the frame as the wax moth doesn't like the vibration causing them to come out of the comb.
I haven't tried tapping the frames on my beehives as I have only had trouble with the wax moth under the hive on the mesh floor board.
Why do you use your hives the cold way instead of the warm way?
Hi Aidan,
That sounds like an interesting technique, I'll have to give it a try next time I come across some more wax moth larvae. I imagine you would want to shake the bees off first as they're not fond of vibration either.
Warm way/cold way is always an interesting debate. My friend and mentor has his warm way. I like to try different things andI read that bees in the wild will generally orientate their combs the cold way compared to the entrance. I try to mimic how they would do things where I can.
It's also good if you have two people inspecting, as you can stand either side. Interestingly this isn't a debate elsewhere in the world as nearly all other hive designs (other than National) have the frames arranged in the cold way. Ultimately, I'm not sure it makes a lot of difference.
Thanks for watching!
@@InTheHive-Beekeeping No worries, this is my second year beekeeping but I have been interested in keeping bees since 2017 and I am still learning how to improve my beekeeping.
What kind of Queens are you running?
Local mongrels at the moment, my original queen was from a swarm in the garden. These are her daughters and another queen we cut out of a chair last year. They have all been pretty prolific, we appear to have a lot of "Buckfast type" genetics around here. Rather prone to swarm, but hoping I can learn to tame them.