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Blocked the feeder from the brood box
PostPosted:25 Jun 2019, 22:50
by JohnB
Caught a cast swarm recently and put them in a poly nuc. Decided to feed them after a few days with a top feeder - all fine. After an inspection last Saturday put the feeder back on BUT with the plastic "crown board" in place between the feeder and the brood box. A whole host of bees trapped in the feeder and no food for the bees in the brood box. We learn by our mistakes - hopefully.
Re: Blocked the feeder from the brood box
PostPosted:25 Jun 2019, 23:00
by Chrisbarlow
we all make mistakes JB. we live and we hopefully learn. I suspect we have all made mistakes in beekeeping where afterwards we thought. erm... thats annoying
Re: Blocked the feeder from the brood box
PostPosted:26 Jun 2019, 09:12
by Patrick
Very true Chris. And often quite upsetting seeing a host of dead bees.
At the risk of sounding blase, which I am not, it is worth remembering at such times that for every day the queen lays a thousand eggs, a few weeks later a similar number of adult bees will daily perish from natural causes, but we do not see them.
Just to keep in perspective.