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Both hives gone... advice please.
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<blockquote data-quote="Alastair" data-source="post: 2976" data-attributes="member: 13"><p>Kathryn a brood pic would be useful, I think the reason Tristan may have asked is to 1. see if it is a mite problem, which you can normally tell by looking at the brood, and 2. make sure it was not AFB.</p><p></p><p>Other than that, Kaihoka makes some very good points. If the hives still have their queens, a competent beekeeper could save them. By stopping the robbing, killing the mites (if that is the problem), adding bees, and then later seeing they are suitably fed. Are you in a club or do you know any experienced beekeepers who could give you a helping hand?</p><p></p><p>Just incase anyone does step up to do this, the procedure is see if the queens are alive. If so, move the hives to a new location to lose the robbers, and at the same time addat least a 1/2 kilo of package bees. Not brood, as the existing bees probably cannot look after it. Add mite treatment and reduce the entrance to 2 bees. A couple of days later very carefully feed some syrup if they do not have sufficient comb honey. In a few weeks when the first brood starts to emerge, add another 1/2 kilo or so of adult bees. In another few weeks the hives can be moved back to the original location.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alastair, post: 2976, member: 13"] Kathryn a brood pic would be useful, I think the reason Tristan may have asked is to 1. see if it is a mite problem, which you can normally tell by looking at the brood, and 2. make sure it was not AFB. Other than that, Kaihoka makes some very good points. If the hives still have their queens, a competent beekeeper could save them. By stopping the robbing, killing the mites (if that is the problem), adding bees, and then later seeing they are suitably fed. Are you in a club or do you know any experienced beekeepers who could give you a helping hand? Just incase anyone does step up to do this, the procedure is see if the queens are alive. If so, move the hives to a new location to lose the robbers, and at the same time addat least a 1/2 kilo of package bees. Not brood, as the existing bees probably cannot look after it. Add mite treatment and reduce the entrance to 2 bees. A couple of days later very carefully feed some syrup if they do not have sufficient comb honey. In a few weeks when the first brood starts to emerge, add another 1/2 kilo or so of adult bees. In another few weeks the hives can be moved back to the original location. [/QUOTE]
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