Chris Luck
Queen Bee
- Joined
- Jun 29, 2010
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- Location
- Vienne, 86400, France
- Hive Type
- Dadant
- Number of Hives
- Less than 100
Exactly! Not a usually damp area, but constant rain for months on end, onto heavy clay soil meant it was waterlogged. There was nothing we could do about it because water was also draining from higher ground.
The bees didn't seem to take any notice of the slugs, which kept coming back even though they were thrown quite a long way from the hive. I won't use slug pellets because even the so-called organic ones will kill other wildlife, and we've got a good range of birds, mammals and amphibians that we want to keep.
There's something wrong here with your conclusion.
Hives stand in my region all year in woodland and these places absolutely heave with slugs of many varieties. My own hives are in woodland / grassland that also heaves with slugs of many varieties.
There is never a problem with slugs and it is very wet through late autumn and much of the winter, water logged heavy clay ground is normal.The only time I have ever seen a slug on comb is when it's out of a functioning hive.
Chris