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Bee Inspectors: East of Scotland Beekeepers
EFB (European Foul Brood) and AFB found in Perthshire and Angus
Leaflets are available on line through the National Bee Unit website www.nationalbeeunit.com
Titled 'Foul brood disease of honey bees: recognition and control.'
Leaflets are available on line through the National Bee Unit website www.nationalbeeunit.com
Titled 'Foul brood disease of honey bees: recognition and control.'
25 August 2009. The bee inspector gave me a ring and said that he would come and look at my three hives and nuc but the weather forecast tomorrow was rain, was that alright?
Coming all the way from Perth I thought I would get them Forfar Bridies. Oh no, there were three so there would be a scrap dividing two bridies. I also had prepared a bucket of dissolved soda crystals, for cleansing boots and a bucket of heavy syrup for the winter feed for the bees after the inspection.
Armed with a big umbrella and our coats over the bee suit’s the experts were looking at the unsealed brood if dead were they in a unnatural position. Looking also at the colour should be white and not creamy turning yellow brown also observing the brood pattern, good or patchy.
After working with each of the three hives and nucleus they cleaned their hive tools with the blow torch. After a thorough soaking, testing one colony finding it negative, another hive was thought to be queenless and a few wasps were seen. Angus said that he had heard of wasps killing a queen in a weak hive. Few days later the queen was found she had stopped laying until I started to feed the bees. Thankfully my apiary was clear of the EFB.
Coming all the way from Perth I thought I would get them Forfar Bridies. Oh no, there were three so there would be a scrap dividing two bridies. I also had prepared a bucket of dissolved soda crystals, for cleansing boots and a bucket of heavy syrup for the winter feed for the bees after the inspection.
Armed with a big umbrella and our coats over the bee suit’s the experts were looking at the unsealed brood if dead were they in a unnatural position. Looking also at the colour should be white and not creamy turning yellow brown also observing the brood pattern, good or patchy.
After working with each of the three hives and nucleus they cleaned their hive tools with the blow torch. After a thorough soaking, testing one colony finding it negative, another hive was thought to be queenless and a few wasps were seen. Angus said that he had heard of wasps killing a queen in a weak hive. Few days later the queen was found she had stopped laying until I started to feed the bees. Thankfully my apiary was clear of the EFB.