SHB Traps Fail & Wax Moth: 12 Months Later

Pests and Diseases
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http://www.nationalbeeunit.com/public/BeeDiseases/diseaseIncidenceMaps.cfm

This is the disease reports page if anyone is interested - for the UK

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hi Jeff…thanks for your video aboout small hive Beetle traps…the box and frames looked like they had gone thru a bushfire, very tragic :frowning: Thanks to you i know what to look out for…Glad we dont have to burn our hives here in Australia ! Again thank you Jeff for all your informative videos…love em keep it up!!

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Do you have any videos of this hive now that there are bees in it?

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Hi & thanks Adam, yes I do. I’ll put it on here. I don’t recall repainting that box. It’s in the last half of this video. That’s the stand it sat on for 12 months next to one hive. The other 2 hives that were going were on the first stand. I don’t show any brood, just honey frames & replacing them with foundationless frames. Also it’s a look at the farm. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILzTd9POwGI You’ll see me squashing SHB, they are everywhere but they never bother me. About the foundationless frames, as long as the frames have residue wax on the top bars, the bees will continue it down beautifully otherwise I find they’ll start building on the two frames flanking it. In case you can’t make out what I’m saying, at one point I show a frame of honey on a foundationless frame. cheers

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G’day Sya, many thanks, great to hear from you. My only regret about this video is I didn’t show the scorching process & the ferociousness of the flame I use. Nothing microscopic would live through that. We only have to remind ourselves how beautifully our bush grows back after a fire goes through. thanks again, bye