ANTSTORE World of Ants

[adam james]

Hello bigbibble well where do i start , i suppose answering your questions one by one lol , Evrytime i open the tank the bees do come out but i put my hands in and clean the glass and it doesent bother them, the few that come out just fly out the door and round to the entrnace hole back to the hive. The bees have just been treated for varroa mites with apiguard and i just put one on top of the frame as u do in a hive and let the bees do the rest. I will never be able to stop dieases getting into the nest but the tube entrance is easyer to guard then a long hive entrence.

I am not sure wot species of bee i have , how do you tell ? , but i am going to requeen the colony soon if they dont supersedure there own queen (as her colonys temperment is fantastic) due to her lack of egg laying and that some of her larva dont live longer then 4 days from hatching. But my new queen will be a carnolian.

Bigbibble they are not in that setup anymore i have made a new one with 6 frames and 3 supers in. will post some new pics today some point.

[bigbibble]

heres a link to a site to identify your bees its hard so good luck:
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Also you should probably provide a dark area for the queen to lay eggs as she can get very stressed in light.

[SteveUK28]

Must admit thats very kewl adam, im really interested in this thread and will be interesting to see the colony grow

[Kale^^]

Really, really really nice pictures. Oh i wish i had that much money for a hobby. Your bee colony seems very fascinating

[JimmyVe]

Hey Adam just how much was the bee hive setup and the bees and everything else you need?

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[JimmyVe]

Hello kiamcameron , the wood wasnt to expensive but the perspex was, all built it cost me around £70 the two perspex sheets took the most cost at £25 each . The bees were free of a freind due to my help with some hard work but usally there about £50 - £100 for a 5 frame colony with a laying queen. I have ordered a new queen and that has cost me £26 well worth it thou

Jimmy could you please move these to my discution thread. Thankyou matey.

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[Spore]

Wow, these bees are the bees knees. Looking forward to future updates . How come the bees don't fly from the exit tube to the window and into the house?

[JimmyVe]

Looks like they are doing fine Adam, keep us up to date. I like this diary very much.

[adam james]

Hello spore there is no way of the bees getting into the house because the window around the tube is sealed. The bees go from the observation hive throu the tube to outside and come back. Thankyou jimmy , i sure am enjoying keeping and writing about them and im glad u guys like wot ive done .

[Spore]

I have some info on your new queen. Your old queen produces a sent that causes all workers to attack the new queen. Also the queen has a sent that stops new queens from being born (i think). So as long as the old queen remains alive, the workers are going to make it a hard job for the new queen to settle in.

[adam james]

Hello spore , the old queen has been removed and the colony has gone 24 hrs without a queen before i added this new one so the old queens scent would of faded out by now.

[Phasmid]

When you take things out and put things in, how do you stop the bees from swarming around like ants and stinging you? Do they not care that some kind of huge monster is flying in and snatching the queen?

[SteveUK28]

Hi Adam,
Sorry to hear about your old queen, and i really hope the new one settles in ok

[adam james]

Hello steve thankyou mate , Hi Phasmid yeah the bees do all come out but no they dont sting me , they fly out the door and outside , they then come back into the hive throu the outside entrence. They are very calm bees.

[JimmyVe]

I hope to the colony will eventually accept the new queen. Good luck.