cjt42bike
New Bee
- Joined
- May 4, 2014
- Messages
- 4
- Reaction score
- 0
- Location
- Bournemouth
- Hive Type
- 14x12
- Number of Hives
- 2
Hi all!
I had to treat my hive in April with 2 rounds of MAQ strips and one of Apiguard to contain what I thought might prove to be a terminal case of varroa. (I know it was huge dose but frankly I had little to lose at that point when I had a count of 200-300 PER DAY!) Lessons on that score have been learnt.
The girls got through it and I have had a great harvest. My question is, now I have a packed full super of "tainted " honey which is not to be eaten by humans -from what I read . I am quite happy to feed it to them but am not sure of the best way to get them to take it down into the brood chamber(12x14) as the season ends and one starts to reduce the hive down. Do I bruise it and put it above with an empty super spacer or just leave a space with it still capped over Or what?
I also have a second hive so don't want any robbing if I can avoid it.
Helpful suggestions gratefully received.
I had to treat my hive in April with 2 rounds of MAQ strips and one of Apiguard to contain what I thought might prove to be a terminal case of varroa. (I know it was huge dose but frankly I had little to lose at that point when I had a count of 200-300 PER DAY!) Lessons on that score have been learnt.
The girls got through it and I have had a great harvest. My question is, now I have a packed full super of "tainted " honey which is not to be eaten by humans -from what I read . I am quite happy to feed it to them but am not sure of the best way to get them to take it down into the brood chamber(12x14) as the season ends and one starts to reduce the hive down. Do I bruise it and put it above with an empty super spacer or just leave a space with it still capped over Or what?
I also have a second hive so don't want any robbing if I can avoid it.
Helpful suggestions gratefully received.