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Message: <blockquote data-quote="markypoo" data-source="post: 13831" data-attributes="member: 36"><p>I had a beehive with a bad case of chalkbrood last season. Drifted through the summer of 2024 with low numbers and a very high number of mummies in the cells. I tried requeening it, but didn't seem to make a difference. In early may last year I suffered a nasty injury after slipping and having a bad fall at rugby practise (snapped my quadriceps tendon and ruptured my achilles). So with 2 rounds of surgery, my hives were pretty much left to themselves, though I managed to dump in some sugar in August. Luckily I had popped in OA strips the weekend before.  The chalkrbood hive was still kicking in spring, so I gavethem a frame of brood. They requeened from the new brood. Early december they were still weak and still full of chalkbrood. Another frame of brood and they requeened from it again. Come late january, they are still limping along. I had thought about just letting them fade away, but I gave them another frame of brood and again they requeened. 6 weeks later after the new queen had started laying I had a look and all evidence of chalkbrood was gone. Not a single mummy could be found. they had cleaned every cell out and looked much healthier, though low numbers. I am babything this one through winter. i even put an insulation wrap around the hive to block any draughts.</p></blockquote><p></p>

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