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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Josh" data-source="post: 10152" data-attributes="member: 16">[USER=595]@JamezNZ[/USER], Awesome post!If you have a wasp problem, have a look a a product called Vespex. There’s a small quiz to sit online to be a registered user, and there are many reports on here of resounding success and I have seen its effect first hand in the beach forest around Bealey Spur in Arthur’s Pass. OA would seem to be a good treatment, but like all treatments it has nuances and tricks. I tried to start how I ended to continue (organic) and that was a dismal failure on my part. Start with rotations of conventional treatments and move to OA as an extra or later once you have other things well under your belt. I thought I could do better… I was wrong, like so many newbee’s before me.Things to consider for next season (that I’ve learnt)1. A second apiary site (far enough away to move nucs etc for swarm management/control2. A second, or more, hive so that you can learn, compare and do things like move frames to test for queen rightness3. Think of gear (feeders, some nuc gear or divide boards to turn a typical box into a nuc volume etc.) Beware of second hand gear, there maybe a reason they’re selling (eg. Their hives have died of AFB, they just don’t know it yet)4. Resist gear…. I have so much already that needs to go back on TradeMe for the next sucker 🤪</blockquote>

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