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mochasidamo
Joined: 22 Sep 2005
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Location: Montgomery
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 Posted: Mon Jun 25, 12 11:36 pm Post subject: |
 
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| Sally too wrote: |
| However I'm torn in two directions as I usually go to the dog agility training on a Tues night and had to miss last week too...... |
Can the dog make honey? Easy decision... 
Eggs don't need warmth for transport on an average day. Larvae need a bit of humidity (wrap in a slightly damp tea towel).
Going to do some grafting here tomorrow and keep my fingers crossed re the daft weather (although apiary mating fine here as plenty native-type drones). Got quite a few Shropshire mutt stocks to requeen end of July (swarms mostly) so best get going. |
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Sally too
Joined: 14 Sep 2006
Posts: 2297
Location: N.Ireland
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| Posted: Tue Jun 26, 12 6:55 am Post subject: |
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| mochasidamo wrote: |
| Sally too wrote: |
| However I'm torn in two directions as I usually go to the dog agility training on a Tues night and had to miss last week too...... |
Can the dog make honey? Easy decision... |
Your right of course.... and I am really interested in all this! And all the folk last night were being so generous with their time and knowledge.
Yup... decision made - this is an opportunity not to be missed.
(Sorry Patsy (my terrier) and Louise (my trainer) you're on your own again tonight!) |
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gythagirl
Joined: 18 Feb 2010
Posts: 1045
Location: Somerset
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| Posted: Tue Jun 26, 12 11:37 am Post subject: |
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Well: similar story here, mentor's apiary was in disarray too, several queenlees hives, few queen cells. OH has brought back some eggs for one hive & a queen cell for another & reckons it's up to the bees now. Very dispiriting. |
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yummersetter
Joined: 26 Jan 2008
Posts: 2812
Location: Somerset
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| Posted: Tue Jun 26, 12 12:12 pm Post subject: |
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Why don't you get your OH to call mine, Gythagirl? He may be able to help. pm me for number if you've not got it. |
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mochasidamo
Joined: 22 Sep 2005
Posts: 604
Location: Montgomery
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| Posted: Tue Jun 26, 12 12:28 pm Post subject: |
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| gythagirl wrote: |
| Well: similar story here, mentor's apiary was in disarray too, several queenlees hives, few queen cells. OH has brought back some eggs for one hive & a queen cell for another & reckons it's up to the bees now. Very dispiriting. |
To an extent the line between disarray and not is partly management (made much harder this year) and patly down to number of hives. If we get one or two go DLQ then it's easily fixed...if you only have one or three hives it's much harder. I have a mentee who had five hives last week...only one with a queen (now marked) and presumably another in the prime I pulled 25 feet down a hawthorn for her too. Other three no good at all.
I should have kept quiet about grafting today...it's rained, poured and is now fuggy and horrid. Wonderful. Not  |
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Sally too
Joined: 14 Sep 2006
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Location: N.Ireland
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| Posted: Tue Jun 26, 12 9:29 pm Post subject: |
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Here it was a mild and muggy night. I went to the grafting evening, and it was fascinating! Really enjoyed it.
More ready to hatch queen cells were placed in waiting apideas and I was able to do my own one.
There were two extra queen cells ready and so I brought them home. One is in the nuc with the wingless queen (now deceased) and one in the queenless topbar hive. |
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Sally too
Joined: 14 Sep 2006
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Location: N.Ireland
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| Posted: Wed Jun 27, 12 6:15 am Post subject: |
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So I've been dreaming Queen rearing all night... and am dying to try it all for myself now.  |
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