Oxalic Acid

Nipped out during a break in the rain to check on the bees and administer oxalic acid. As usual, we are late, but decided it was better to do it than not. We did seem to be very lucky in terms of varroa levels last year and this may have been owing to the oxalic acid that was administered for us.

The bees didnt seem to mind at all - and I was very relieved to see that we have one very full hive (bees across all frames) and one reasonably full (five frames or so). Our original hive (with an elderly Queen) was the busiest but also the lightest - so we will get some fondant at the weekend.

That's it for now! Although we have signed up for the Basic course so no doubt will be full of bee thoughts before long...