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<blockquote data-quote="Maggie" data-source="post: 10370" data-attributes="member: 71"><p>It all sounds fairly soul destroying in John B territory.</p><p></p><p>Oddly enough haven't seen robbing yet, which is going to be incredibly later this year. Do see the bees sniffing though, so it's not far away. Obviously the bees are still getting a lick of something, the hives look really good, pollen still coming in, and the queen is still churning out slabs of brood! Not seen drone eviction yet. I think I saw a frame 2nd in the other day that they were being corralled to. So haven't put on mouseguards yet either, cos i don't want the entraces eventually blocked with dead drones. </p><p></p><p>We have had a lot of rain & drizzle this season, and a lot less sunshine hours than norm in Feb. What I have seen that concerns me, is a giant wax moth and one larvae about 30 mm long, and it reared up at me! Quite spectacular really! Couldn't see any other larvae or eggs.</p><p></p><p>Last week in the vege garden I banked a queen in a poly nuc, and a few days later while trying to weed, the workers from that poly kept attacking me. Couldn't work out why. The poly was full of giant wax moth larvae. Since banking the queen, they had consumed all the wax, the remaining workers had taken shelter in a foil lined feeder, and the larvae had drilled down into the walls of the poly. I had to get the tweezers and pull them out! First time I have ever put a poly in the freezer for 48 hours. The banked queen was quite alright, they hadn't started munching on the banking cage! My thoughts are, with all the humidity that we have had, these blighters could be a real prob this winter; particularly with stored frames.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Maggie, post: 10370, member: 71"] It all sounds fairly soul destroying in John B territory. Oddly enough haven't seen robbing yet, which is going to be incredibly later this year. Do see the bees sniffing though, so it's not far away. Obviously the bees are still getting a lick of something, the hives look really good, pollen still coming in, and the queen is still churning out slabs of brood! Not seen drone eviction yet. I think I saw a frame 2nd in the other day that they were being corralled to. So haven't put on mouseguards yet either, cos i don't want the entraces eventually blocked with dead drones. We have had a lot of rain & drizzle this season, and a lot less sunshine hours than norm in Feb. What I have seen that concerns me, is a giant wax moth and one larvae about 30 mm long, and it reared up at me! Quite spectacular really! Couldn't see any other larvae or eggs. Last week in the vege garden I banked a queen in a poly nuc, and a few days later while trying to weed, the workers from that poly kept attacking me. Couldn't work out why. The poly was full of giant wax moth larvae. Since banking the queen, they had consumed all the wax, the remaining workers had taken shelter in a foil lined feeder, and the larvae had drilled down into the walls of the poly. I had to get the tweezers and pull them out! First time I have ever put a poly in the freezer for 48 hours. The banked queen was quite alright, they hadn't started munching on the banking cage! My thoughts are, with all the humidity that we have had, these blighters could be a real prob this winter; particularly with stored frames. [/QUOTE]
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