Curley
House Bee
- Joined
- May 29, 2014
- Messages
- 364
- Reaction score
- 7
- Location
- Wilts
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 8
I'm looking to trickle treat my one hive with oxalic next week. So tomorrow I plan to put the inspection board in to get a varroa count and also to try and judge where the cluster is. I'll be clearing the underfloor entrance with the hook on my hive tool (in case of a dead bee build up) and hefting to see if I need to get some fondant in for next week.
Do I suit up or not ?
(I will be suiting up when doing the oxalic after reading some accounts on here!)
Supplementary Question: How DO you tell when the bees are broodless?
( I've searched the forum and found plenty of references saying to do the oxalic when broodless and I'm sure the info I want is in there somewhere but my google foo skills aren't up to framing the right question.)
Do I suit up or not ?
(I will be suiting up when doing the oxalic after reading some accounts on here!)
Supplementary Question: How DO you tell when the bees are broodless?
( I've searched the forum and found plenty of references saying to do the oxalic when broodless and I'm sure the info I want is in there somewhere but my google foo skills aren't up to framing the right question.)