– 3.7*C @ night
Last night was the first night with reasonably hard frost, we have been having odd weather, mind you everybody is having odd weather, during the day is sunny and it…
5th hive!
Well, I would not have believed it if somebody told me 12 days ago that I would have 5 hives with bees in them in our garden. No way, but…
Beekeeping came to an end in 2014 only to be picked up again in 2015, I am determined to re start again with a clean sleeve.
So I went through the remaining 2 hives and threw out the few bees that were hanging on, no Queen, the swarmed hive has definitely flown away and never to…
Chasing rainbows,
Well that is how I feel now, I feel like I have been chasing rainbows with my bees this year. What is more frustrating I finally felt like I have…
Hive inspections April 2014
First time I inspected the hives was on the 5th of April, The bees were very angry about the whole interruption and I tried to work as effectively as I…
October, ….
Bees had been fed, tidied up, treated with HiveClean and left to their own devices. I decided to feed as otherwise I might have lost them. I have made a…
Time flies when you enjoy yourself,
Since the last post I have added a box each onto the new hives. Although they are not full of honey the frames of foundation have now been built on…
Finally the Sun blessed us with its presence, …..
Thursday morning, we finished our chores and returned home. Mike was talking to me about our plans for the rest of the day and then it happened. Totally unexpected, my…
“Artificial Swarm”
18th of May, the weather has decided to get better at last, and I decided to check the hive. I had 3 brood boxes and a super. Number 2 brood…