I was sorting out some beekeeping stuff and looked into the nuc box we had bought - there was a frame of old wax in there, some pollen and now some wax moth. I took it out to deal with it and stop the wax moth from spreading.
Some bees arrived to check the frame out - apparently I hadn't realised there were some stores (honey) on this frame. Then I had my brilliant idea - I put the frame in the greenhouse then bees would be attracted into the greenhouse and pollinate my tomato plants. A couple of hours later I saw loads of bees around the back door a couple in the house and loads of bees in the greenhouse. They sounded like a small swarm! Apparently there was considerably more honey on this frame than I had realised and it was not very pleasant going out of the back door or being in the garden. Oops this was my big mistake.
So I put on my bee suit and took the frame up the garden and put it near the hives where I would collect it later after the bees bedtime. However the bees took alot of convincing and started turning there attention to the plastic chest where the nuc box was. I still had bees in the green house too and it took them the rest of the day and the next morning to convince themselves that the food source had gone.
Note to self - don't do that again!!
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