The slug I ejected yesterday was also big and grey...
Gilliane
On 14/06/2020 10:37, Brian Fiddian wrote:
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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