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Tag Archives: spacing
ONBG meeting, June 2023 – a Bee Tea at Dee
20+ bee-crazy people gathered at Jane and Patricks’ home in Oxford to chew gum and talk bees, and we were fresh out of gum. Fortunately there was food and tea and cake and sunshine and quite a lot of bees … Continue reading
Posted in Inspections, Log hive, Meetings
Tagged Bee Tea, Cathedral Hive, Hoffman, log hives, losses, spacing
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Idea for spacing in top bar hive
Today I dismantled everything in my hive (as it was found to be queenless in August and my re-queening attempt didn’t work). There were perhaps two bees clinging to life, but otherwise mostly wasps. Not a huge number but they … Continue reading
Problem with cross-building of comb
11 August 2012 Today, being sunny, I decided I would do my first solo inspection of my hive – I haven’t done one since Paul came to help me on July 17, nearly 4 weeks ago. I’ve been feeding daily … Continue reading
Posted in Inspections, TBH
Tagged comb, Cross combing, cross-building, damage, problem, spacing
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