"That is sad. Not a lover of bees but when any living creature dies i always feel emotional.
And your name is Bee as well !!! I feel bad having told you now lol x"
Not a bee keeper due to the amount of work and time.
So yes such a shame is she going to get a colenny or clean it out and hope one moves in in the summer |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
 |
By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
|
Ah that’s sad ... I was sat out earlier and saw a couple of bees near the ivy. I don’t know much about them but is it early to see them out? I thought it was... |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
"Why do they die? Genuine question. "
Lots of reasons , for example, varoa mite, hornets, predators over winter ( mice etc ) to name a few. Also insecticide spraying from nearby farmers a possibility. |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
"Why do they die? Genuine question.
Lots of reasons , for example, varoa mite, hornets, predators over winter ( mice etc ) to name a few. Also insecticide spraying from nearby farmers a possibility."
European Hornets are very endangered please don't be blaming them, Asian on the other hand are an invasive species |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
"That is sad. Not a lover of bees but when any living creature dies i always feel emotional.
And your name is Bee as well !!! I feel bad having told you now lol x"
I am still alive and kicking but have emotional ties to Bees for obvious reasons  |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
Bees not lasting over winter is a hard one to call from the hive not swarming witch is a devide leaving them low on food to the swarm being to late to make the food for them to over winter and that is before pest and disease.
But we lose the bees and some one looses the work invested in them.  |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
"All mine have died. Any other beekeepers on here ? How have yours wintered ? Am I just unlucky ?"
Did they have plenty of stores going into winter?? After I removed my honey o give them as much Syrup as they will take down, also I put fondant on top, February,march is a prime time to lose colonys due to starvation |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
"All mine have died. Any other beekeepers on here ? How have yours wintered ? Am I just unlucky ?
Did they have plenty of stores going into winter?? After I removed my honey o give them as much Syrup as they will take down, also I put fondant on top, February,march is a prime time to lose colonys due to starvation"
Yes, as it was a new colony I hadn’t taken any honey out, and they had plenty of supplies in November |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
I lost 2 over the winter. Can't say why, stores, syrup and fondant was given, in fact, between 10days of checking and dying, they'd had half the fondant. All my other hives are fine. Just how it is I suppose. Spring is on its way and opportunity to split and build |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
"All mine have died. Any other beekeepers on here ? How have yours wintered ? Am I just unlucky ?
This might help
https://www.beverlybees.com/how-to-autopsy-a-honey-bee-colony/"
Thanks for the link, it looks like it might well have been varoa. |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By *ubal1Man
over a year ago
Newry Down |
"All mine have died. Any other beekeepers on here ? How have yours wintered ? Am I just unlucky ?"
If your bees died from the Varroa mite, you should check out a new type of beehive, manufactured by Apimaye, that has an integral varroa trap, that is reputedly very effective.
These hives are also very well insulated.
They have been featured on several TV programmes.
I used to keep bees years ago, but I was inexperienced and incompetent at that time.
|
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
"All mine have died. Any other beekeepers on here ? How have yours wintered ? Am I just unlucky ?
If your bees died from the Varroa mite, you should check out a new type of beehive, manufactured by Apimaye, that has an integral varroa trap, that is reputedly very effective.
These hives are also very well insulated.
They have been featured on several TV programmes.
I used to keep bees years ago, but I was inexperienced and incompetent at that time.
"
Thanks for the info, I always knew a swingers website would be the place to go for this sort of help with bees ! |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By *ubal1Man
over a year ago
Newry Down |
There is a class of chemicals that may may causing a phenomenon called CCD or Colony Collapse Disorder.
These banned chemicals are called neonicoconoids, and have been found to disorient the honey bee, or to use its binomial classification, Apis Mellifora. I hope I have got the name correct.
Have a look at some of the work undertaken by the highly renowned, but regrettably now deceased, Brother Adam from Buckfastleigh.
CCD is a massive problem in the USA, where intensive cultivational practice's are prevalent.
|
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
» Add a new message to this topic
