Chick Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 Well well, my bloody disloyal queen has beggared orf with about one third of my hive. So I am now trying to order a new one. The last one cost ?40.00 and my new supplier doesn?t believe in clipping her wings so the new one might just beggar orf as well. Time will tell. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/17684-troubles-with-my-bees/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
???? Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 blooody women Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/17684-troubles-with-my-bees/#findComment-442238 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankito Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 What is your work/ life balance policy? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/17684-troubles-with-my-bees/#findComment-442241 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbboy Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 Off with her head on Peckham Rye Common then!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/17684-troubles-with-my-bees/#findComment-442256 Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxxi Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 If she took off with only a third of the hive she must reckon the rest as slackers - doesn't bode well for the future. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/17684-troubles-with-my-bees/#findComment-442346 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick Posted June 14, 2011 Author Share Posted June 14, 2011 New queen purchased and installed after three continuous weeks with no new brood. So I am 95% certain there is no other queen in the hive but at ?40.00 for a new queen it?s a bit of a risk.Will keep you all informed, I am hoping to see new eggs/brood one week from this coming Saturday. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/17684-troubles-with-my-bees/#findComment-444875 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Medic Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 How would the arrival of a large trampoline look to a queen bee? Have you thought about that? I bet you haven't!PSDo the RSPCA have anything to say about this habit of clipping a bees wings? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/17684-troubles-with-my-bees/#findComment-444879 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbboy Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 ?40 was cheap,a friend was quoted ?100 for a queen bee. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/17684-troubles-with-my-bees/#findComment-444943 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Medic Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 ?40 isn't cheap if it flies away. Chick has probably paid ?80 for the same well trained homing bee. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/17684-troubles-with-my-bees/#findComment-444950 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick Posted June 14, 2011 Author Share Posted June 14, 2011 Do the RSPCA have anything to say about this habit of clipping a bees wings?No but the RSPCI might. Will check. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/17684-troubles-with-my-bees/#findComment-445073 Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxxi Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 Fit the little dickens with one of these and see if she wanders...http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSST9NnddFGTY2Ec9QGwe1gDMsZRNxaZmIeWFR1QVoN2AWFJYAN Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/17684-troubles-with-my-bees/#findComment-445096 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick Posted June 14, 2011 Author Share Posted June 14, 2011 For GM bees?maxxi Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> Fit the little dickens with one of these and see> if she wanders...> > http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSST9NnddF> GTY2Ec9QGwe1gDMsZRNxaZmIeWFR1QVoN2AWFJYAN Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/17684-troubles-with-my-bees/#findComment-445104 Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxxi Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 Noooooo, a tag is not just for teenagers it's also a way of keeping tabs on wayward little queens. Keep her under hive arrest. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/17684-troubles-with-my-bees/#findComment-445107 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dulwichmudlark Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 hope there all behaving there selfs know the secound nector flow is just starting so that should keep them busy Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/17684-troubles-with-my-bees/#findComment-445108 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick Posted June 14, 2011 Author Share Posted June 14, 2011 I fitted the new queen last Friday and was thinking of an inspection this Saturday but think I will leave it for another week. What do you think?Thanksdulwichbeekeeper Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> hope there all behaving there selfs know the> secound nector flow is just starting so that> should keep them busy Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/17684-troubles-with-my-bees/#findComment-445117 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dulwichmudlark Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 i would check to day to make sure she was released from her cage Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/17684-troubles-with-my-bees/#findComment-445179 Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxxi Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 Has your new Queen taken off again?http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?5,688223 Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/17684-troubles-with-my-bees/#findComment-445416 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Medic Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 Given the news on the other thread Chick, does your lost Queen Bee have any identifying marks? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/17684-troubles-with-my-bees/#findComment-445444 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarot Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 Good luck with your new bees,if you can grow some lemon balm, and plenty of Lavender they love it,flavours honey well too. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/17684-troubles-with-my-bees/#findComment-445545 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salsaboy Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 Any news? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/17684-troubles-with-my-bees/#findComment-446313 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick Posted July 17, 2011 Author Share Posted July 17, 2011 Sorry to have taken so long to post.4/6/11 No new brood (bee grubs) queen not seen.7/6/11 As above.9/6/11 bought new New Zealand queen from Hastings 40.00 pounds10/6/11 installed new queen.23/6/11 no new brood but lots of bees. Queen seen and ok.2/7/11 new sealed brood and queen seen16/7/11 three frames of sealed brood and queen seen. Only about 7000 bees in hive.I wont get any honey this year unless we have a three month heat wave. This is my second purchased queen. I don?t know what happened to the first. I suspect there was already a virgin queen in there and she would have killed the older queen. I have had at least two swarms this summer. Virgin queens mate while flying. Several drones, male bees with no sting, from different hives go on mating flights and find a virgin queen. They find the queen from smell, bees are very sensitive to smells of all kinds, some are trained to sniff for explosives and drugs. Seven will mate with her giving her all the sperm she needs for life. Then they drop to the ground paralysed. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/17684-troubles-with-my-bees/#findComment-455298 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick Posted July 23, 2011 Author Share Posted July 23, 2011 23/7/11Inspected my bees once again and still good news. There are now 5 frames of sealed and unsealed brood. I would estimate about 8000 bees in the colony. No sign of veroa or wax moth. Since it?s not very warm I have reduced the physical size of the hive by removing the honey box (called a ?super?) which helps them stay warm and reduces stress so they can concentrate of producing worker bees. The honey box had a little honey, maybe about a pound and I left that out, all the honey has been eaten by wasps. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/17684-troubles-with-my-bees/#findComment-457241 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dulwichmudlark Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 chick have u got a quilt for ur hive helps brood rearing buy traping the heat in freeing up the bees do do other things joe Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/17684-troubles-with-my-bees/#findComment-457256 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick Posted July 23, 2011 Author Share Posted July 23, 2011 No but will make something up from buble wrap. Thanks for the tip Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/17684-troubles-with-my-bees/#findComment-457282 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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