They are getting rid of the drones and one just landed next to the hive with varroa still attached, I did the wash last weekend and there was nothing. That family is always super clean.
I'm doing it from memory 😂😂😂 it's slow going tbh
Ok so I was riding my dirt bike and I found this ruin with bees. Anyway my question is how to get them out without dying, I'm big on no dying part.
Another swarm from the woods. They didn't like the hole 😂 and the ventilation hole is totally covered. The place they are right now is really good for nectar and pollen so they are going to stay in the trap till late summer.
Follow up to my hunting for swarms, I love fishing too and tbh it gives me similar feelings. I decided to change my approach and during Sunday dinner my adhd kicked in 😂 and I built two swarm catching boxes from scrap plywood, comes out they have exactly 40 litres I don't know how but it happened.
Anyway the next day I drove around and installed them in different locations, one landed on the edge between the field and woodland second between fields.
Next day check and hit 🎯 on woodland box 😊😁
Today they are still there, so I will relocate them tomorrow.
I used only propolis from old beehive dissolved in spirit
I'm Polish and for some reason I fall in love with bees without having them, I started with solitary bees and that's going great. But the more I became fascinated the more I started to learn (books videos and stuff like that). At the beginning of the year I bought 3 second hand beehives from a guy who was switching from wooden to styrofoam.
Long story short I didn't buy bees because I want to catch them. So I placed one on the top of the shed and it was there for like 2 months empty, till today scouts showed up first one and now it is a constant stream. Anyway wish me luck maybe they move in😂😂.
I know that I will have problems but I am well aware and I'm ready to tackle.