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<blockquote data-quote="James" data-source="post: 10828" data-attributes="member: 212"><p>We did a bit of bee work today. The sun came out and as the day warmed one could almost see the willow budding and greening….. and by three o’clock a few foragers had located new pollen.</p><p>My mate runs 1500 hives with a crew of ten, mostly from South America. None proclaim to speak emglish, and old mate does’nt soeak Spanish…. But his S. American manager seems to keep things sorted.</p><p>Early ladt summer the crew gaf made up 1100 nucs with one frame of brood and one frame of bees and a queen cell.</p><p>The double brooder hives are wintered outside with insulated wraps.</p><p>The nucs are wintered in the hot room, except that over winter it’s mot too hot.</p><p>He had just pulled them out last week, and today we went through the last few pallets, adding Apivar varroa strips, pollen patties and a slurp of ‘drench’ for nosema .</p><p>Th e nucs had comthroigh the winter just, opening up to reveal small patches of brood and several hand fulls of bees .</p><p>These are the replacements to cover doible brood losses.</p><p>It was interesting. They build fast as the willow blossoms and the dandelion flowers in two weeks.</p><p></p><p>‘Sorry about yer hive tool’ said Ole mate.</p><p>‘I’ll find you one that works tomoro!’[ATTACH]1404[/ATTACH][ATTACH]1405[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="James, post: 10828, member: 212"] We did a bit of bee work today. The sun came out and as the day warmed one could almost see the willow budding and greening….. and by three o’clock a few foragers had located new pollen. My mate runs 1500 hives with a crew of ten, mostly from South America. None proclaim to speak emglish, and old mate does’nt soeak Spanish…. But his S. American manager seems to keep things sorted. Early ladt summer the crew gaf made up 1100 nucs with one frame of brood and one frame of bees and a queen cell. The double brooder hives are wintered outside with insulated wraps. The nucs are wintered in the hot room, except that over winter it’s mot too hot. He had just pulled them out last week, and today we went through the last few pallets, adding Apivar varroa strips, pollen patties and a slurp of ‘drench’ for nosema . Th e nucs had comthroigh the winter just, opening up to reveal small patches of brood and several hand fulls of bees . These are the replacements to cover doible brood losses. It was interesting. They build fast as the willow blossoms and the dandelion flowers in two weeks. ‘Sorry about yer hive tool’ said Ole mate. ‘I’ll find you one that works tomoro!’[ATTACH]1404[/ATTACH][ATTACH]1405[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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