It's been two weeks since our last inspection and so Connie hive has swarmed for the fourth time this season! New resolution that we ensure we do weekly inspections from now on!!!!!!!! So we chose the best closed queen cell and an open queen cell and now wait for three weeks fingers crossed.
Beatrice hive is looking good, bees over 8 - 10 frames lots of bees busy in the super but not many stores in the brood box so we put a frame of honey I had saved from the spring into the hive. Did a treatment of hive clean because we missed them last treatment. Saw eggs larvae, capped over brood.
Adele looking good lots of eggs, larvae and capped over brood. A few play cups which we squeezed out. Didn't see any queens but not concerned.
All bees pretty grumpy - do varroa check next time.
Saturday, 25 June 2011
Friday, 17 June 2011
Gardener's World Live at the NEC
So Wednesday afternoon and Thursday morning I was helping on the BBKA stand. Wednesday doing
candle rolling which was quite good fun but no chatting about bees and on Thursday morning doing the meeting and greeting.
Mostly people wanted to ask about bumblebees. Most asked question do bumblebees make honey? Yes!
candle rolling which was quite good fun but no chatting about bees and on Thursday morning doing the meeting and greeting.
Mostly people wanted to ask about bumblebees. Most asked question do bumblebees make honey? Yes!
Wednesday, 15 June 2011
Honey!
We extracted the oil seed rape honey crop on Sunday and put it into jars today. According to
Suzanne's reckoning 35lbs. Not bad at all.
Suzanne's reckoning 35lbs. Not bad at all.
Friday, 10 June 2011
Bee update
So time do check the hives again. Suzanne and I set off down the garden in the rain.
Beatrice first looking healthy but bees were quite irritable - we saw eggs but didn't see the
queen. We had meant to do a treatment with hive clean since varroa numbers are on the increase but we forgot so must do that next time.
Adele next super was feeling nice and heavy - a good amount of brood and eggs all well but grumpy.
remembered to do the hive clean with this hive.
Connie last - very grumpy girls pinging off our veils but all that honey had been moved to make way for eggs and all looks well - no sign of the queen though. Did give this hive a dose of hive clean as well.
Extracting Oil Seed Rape honey on Sunday and helping out at the BBKA stand at Gardeners World Live next week.
Beatrice first looking healthy but bees were quite irritable - we saw eggs but didn't see the
queen. We had meant to do a treatment with hive clean since varroa numbers are on the increase but we forgot so must do that next time.
Adele next super was feeling nice and heavy - a good amount of brood and eggs all well but grumpy.
remembered to do the hive clean with this hive.
Connie last - very grumpy girls pinging off our veils but all that honey had been moved to make way for eggs and all looks well - no sign of the queen though. Did give this hive a dose of hive clean as well.
Extracting Oil Seed Rape honey on Sunday and helping out at the BBKA stand at Gardeners World Live next week.
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