- Joined
- Jul 6, 2019
- Messages
- 64
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- Location
- Belfast
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 9
Hello all. I post this feeling very apprehensive re what course of action to take with supers filling with OSR. I have 3 towering hives on a fenced and highly netted allotment allocation. This seems to keep bees up and away from gardeners, although as time goes on I do fear issues once the flow ceases. On t'other side of hedge, 4 acres of OSR. I can see a little capping (returning today to do a bit of frame shaking). I have a warming cabinet built as per "The Apiarist's" excellent instructions. Now.... I'm literally losing sleep over what happens next. Given that this stuff sets in comb, I assume that I attempt to get ALL the supers off, home quickly and extracted. I can deal with the processing but... what then to do with the empties AND will I now have crazed starving bees ready to have a go at allotmenteers? The dandelions seem to be largely over, the nearby sycamore is a long way from blooming. I'd be so grateful for a talk through of options as I can't find any beekeepers here who have harvested OSR in N Ireland. Btw one tower is demareed, one is a vertical split and one is "as is" so far (older queen). The green patchiness hasn't yet started to appear in the sea of yellow but I'm trying to think ahead.