Will your bees attempt to swarm in May

[Feckless Drone]

Mine are about 7 frames of brood short of exploiting the OSR.
And it's cold and wet again.

Aye! As Ivor Cutlor would probably say " life in a scottish apiary" and for DR - Patron saint of lost causes is St Jude. NA NA NA NA NA....

[The Drone Ranger]

Last year things were exactly the same cold and miserable
I was pretty convinced we would be off to a slow start
I dawdled before having a look and put my boards on a couple of weeks behind schedule
Made a lot of extra work for myself
This year I'm determined to be a bit more careful and not make the assumption weather will hold them back
If there is OSR close by the population just explodes

Madasafish let's know how you get on with the Horsley board if you decide to use it

Thanks Feckless for the heads up on Saint Jude

[fatshark]

Madasafish let's know how you get on with the Horsley board if you decide to use it

Ditto.
I built one and used it a couple of years ago. Not very successfully. I hope you do better.
In contrast I've done very well with simple split boards and am going to try a Snelgrove this year.

Aside ... much like the Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon ... there's got to be an equivalent that defines the number of posts a thread accumulates before a Snelgrove Board is mentioned On SBAi it's about 3.