Cinnamon

Well 3 out of 4 hives doing great, one has no queen but some bees, i put brood frame in to see if they will survive until i may get queen cell of one of the other hives , here is hoping. Regarding Cinnamon, i was plagued by ants down my second apiary location all over the crown boards, i did not want to use ant poison, but heard of cinnamon being used. Well i dusted both crown boards and it appears to have done the trick and now ant free, so worth a try, i will put more on as and when.

Whats happening to winter

Well trying to put oxalic acid on hives, but we have had no cold snap yet and times getting on.