First hives!
Hi, just want to share our first beehives. I have no experience in beekeeping but i hope for the best! Made 4 beehives during wintertime myself and got two swarms few weeks ago from a friend. So far so good. Today we expect some heavy storms so i think about securing the hives with some straps. What do you think?
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Congratulations! FYI, beehives should be at least 3 feet apart. Straps are never a bad idea.
Also you MUST treat for mites: VARROA MITE TREATMENT GUIDE
FORMIC ACID - EARLY TO MID JUNE PRO: safe to use with honey supers, kills phoretic AND reproductive mites CON: temperatures over 85 can sterilize or kill a queen
APIVAR USE IN EARLY FALL (after the supers come off) PRO: very effective 42-day treatment CON: not safe for honey
OXALIC ACID - USE AROUND NOV-DEC CON: won't penetrate brood cells; use in broodless periods PRO: Cheap and effective
Thank you for the tip. Still doing some reserach about treatmet - it feels like some witchcraft potion making process but i will do my best.
Why 3 feet apart? We are located in Czech Republic and all the beekeepers i visited never mentioned specific spacing for hives. They usually keep the hives next to each other with almost no spacing.
Thx
I believe it's to avoid confusing the bees. It's one of those things that I always hear.
I see. Thank you. Guess I will keep watching them and if there is some weird behavior I will make some changes. But so far everything seems to be fine.
Very nice looking hives!
Thank you! My wife painted some flowers for our bees to decorate their new home:)