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English summary: A reader pointed out the risk of overheating on a warm day since ventialtion could be an issue due to the paper blocking airflow. We have not experienced this but if one uses a ventilated top plate with insect net, see below, this potential risk is overcome. We use this solution when weContinue reading “22 Juli – tillägg till hopslagning av samhällen.”

English summary: We have purchased two black queens which we put in two small hives and we will keep them caged for a week to optimize the chances for acceptance. We also exchanged a queen that made aggressive bees and we use a technique with paper between the boxes in two places where the newContinue reading “21 Juli-Drottningtillsättning till stort och litet samhälle”

English summary: No nectar flow in our forest apiary so we have to give back honey combs that we collected earlier. There seem to be plenty of pollen and now we saw orange pollen of unknown origin. Mite infestation is low on all hives so hopefully some lnes are resistent – we will see inContinue reading “19 Juli – svält samt orange pollen”

English summary: This year have been notoriusly poor with honey and even the Linden flow missed. When the high temperature arrived the Linden had already passed. We took a swarm whwere they had built combs which we secured with rubber bands but the bees did not approve and throw out the rubber band after áContinue reading “17 Juli – ännu ett missat drag samt grönt pollen”

English summary: The droon season is now over and its time to make conclusions. We seem to have a few lines who perform DBVSH (Drone Brood Varroa Sensitive Hygien), a novel resistant trait against Varroa destructors. In the images we can see the progress of the bees cleaning out three cells which we beleive isContinue reading “11 juli – slut på drönarutskärningen”

English summary: We collected some unprocessed nectar that we found on the combs and put them in the fridge and now that we have a draught in our forest apiary we gave some of the smaller hives a bit of feeding from the fridge. We also saw some black pollen in the hives, perhaps clover.Continue reading “9 juli – stödmatning, svart pollen samt strejkande drottning”

English summary: There are disputes whether feral bees would build smaller cells, perhaps as small as 4,5 mm, and if thsoe small cells would be beneficial to reduce Varroa fertility and thus the total population. We caught a swarm that had built 10 combs and when I measure the cells it seems to be sameContinue reading “Små celler naturligt för bin?”

English summary: We rescued another swarm and this time the bees had made combs in a box on a porch. We had to cut out all combs, atach them to our frames and put in our boxes and finally collect all the bees that tried to hide. Since they were starving we gave them aContinue reading “5 juli – ännu en svärm”

English summary: In our forest apiary there is very little nectar at the moment so the bees are frantically searching for something to eat. In this time period it is crucial to ensure that every colony have at least 3-4 combs of honey to avoid brood stoppage. We have two hives with naughty bees whereContinue reading “4 juli – dragstopp i väntan på Lind”

English summary: Newly mated queen with the penis of the drone still hanging. I år har vi satsat på många avläggare eftersom vi vill hjälpa dem som blivit av med sina samhällen pga vinterförluster. Vi har gjort ca 15 avläggare och just nu är parningen på full gång – vi har levererat 4 st ochContinue reading “29- Parning av avläggare”