Colony 09

This was a swarm from Fettiplace Road in Barton caught in late June 2017. These were from the same feral colony that populated Hive E.

The colony got off to a bad start when I moved it from a National nucleus box to a Commercial box. I put the frames at the back, which weakened the door defence and led to robbing. The colony absconded so I re-hived them and moved them to Headington.

The colony starved in Spring 2018 because of the heavy robbing and the cold weather. I did feed them in Autumn but stopped when they switched from storing honey to building comb.

Location
Central Oxford
Origin of swarm
Feral colony near Fettiplace Road in Barton
Start Date
End Date
Untreated since date
Seasons untreated
1
What happened to the colony?
Starved during spring 2018