When our tree hive failed I found slugs inside during the post mortem.
Presumably tree slugs ( as seen on Springwatch…) Brian
From: oxnatbees-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <oxnatbees-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf
Of Helen Nunn
Sent: 13 June 2020 22:30
To: oxnatbees <oxnatbees@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [oxnatbees] Re: Slug!
I have found big greyish slugs in my top bar hives. But I think usually above
the bars. Can't think why they'd go up there though. Helen
On Sat, 13 Jun 2020, 18:41 Gilliane Sills, <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote:
Looking through the window of my top bar hive yesterday evening, I saw a
really large slug on the opposite wall. This afternoon, I opened up the
hive to remove it and it had crossed to the other side of the hive and
climbed up to the top at the far end, away from the drawn comb and the
bees. How would bees feel about a slug - would they co-exist with it?
Should I look for evidence of slug trails and, if I find any, clean them
up? This colony was a cast that's produced comb and brood but has only
recently shown as much foraging activity as when they were first hived,
presumably because it's taken time for the virgin queen to mate, start
laying and for the bees to reach the age to be foragers. If the colony
had been more active at the entrance, they would presumably have stopped
the slug getting in?
Gilliane
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