Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Just a quick update, bees are doing very well, all my two box hives are needing another box each so I'm working on frames (already have the boxs ready). Number One still has chalk brood problems, I'm going to try an odd remedy Anita told me about, it seems to already be working on the other hive I have with chalk brood problems. You peel a banana and place the peel under the lid inside the hive on top of the frames, then you eat the banana, very strange but it does indeed seem to work. Number one will be a good test since they have had trouble ever since I put them in this hive, I remember giving them an old comb, I think this was the vector. Comb is best kept to a hive and not traded around unless the mother hive is free of problems.
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6 comments:
Sam,
Never heard of this trick with banana peels. I have not seen chalk brood yet, it seems like I have seen a lot in the little over a year I have been keeping bees.
Next adventure having a tree service give us a tree trunk with a feral hive in it.
I'm glad to hear it is working for you! The people I know who tried it used the entire banana, peeled it almost all the way but placed it open peel side down against the top bars. They claimed the banana just dried out after a month and didn't rot. It is interesting to hear that the peel only also works. Was it an organic banana? Keep us updated on how it turns out for you!
Keep us posted if this continues to work or not Sam. I will be sure to file it away for a treatment to future chalkbrood problems.
It does seem extremely weird, but so far it is working, this other hive, #1 is a better test since it has the chalk brood worse then the first one I tired. My gauge is to see if any chalkies are tossed out (they seem to be ejected after a rain often or during a very humid cool day).
Hi Sam,
I was just wondering does any one in the USA use the beehaus?
Thanks,
Roger
No I can't say that I have ever seen this hive type before, although I have seen this idea, it is nothing more then a horizontal langstroth really, I have seen Micheal Bush do this before.
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