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Apiary Diary August 2021
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<blockquote data-quote="AdamD" data-source="post: 6067" data-attributes="member: 173"><p>As we are the 'wrong side of the world' from you guys, we are looking at winter approaching rather than spring. The honey is off my hives and is nearly extracted. I have some wets to go back on to be cleaned out before they are frozen (to kill any wax moth that might have gotten in) before storage. Hives have varroa treatment on and are being fed where necessary. There's little forage at the moment although most colonies can just about maintain their weight; some beekeepers are looking toward Himalayan Balsam flowering - about now - which is an invasive non-native species that should ideally be destroyed, but is good for bees. (As a kid my father used to call them triffids). Ivy is a little way off but gives good pollen and nectar most years before winter sets in.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AdamD, post: 6067, member: 173"] As we are the 'wrong side of the world' from you guys, we are looking at winter approaching rather than spring. The honey is off my hives and is nearly extracted. I have some wets to go back on to be cleaned out before they are frozen (to kill any wax moth that might have gotten in) before storage. Hives have varroa treatment on and are being fed where necessary. There's little forage at the moment although most colonies can just about maintain their weight; some beekeepers are looking toward Himalayan Balsam flowering - about now - which is an invasive non-native species that should ideally be destroyed, but is good for bees. (As a kid my father used to call them triffids). Ivy is a little way off but gives good pollen and nectar most years before winter sets in. [/QUOTE]
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