Day off today, popped into the garden and found myself surrounded by bees making the best of a mild day.
They're even making use of the wallflowers I planted for them.
David
The bees are flying, the bees are flying ....
Day off today, popped into the garden and found myself surrounded by bees making the best of a mild day.
They're even making use of the wallflowers I planted for them.
David
Been making hives up over the last few days so my tablesaw has been busy... Thought I would try something from the mike Palmer school of thought and today I made a double nuc box for over-wintering.
It takes 5frames each side (rose OSB)
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Bees flying at last. Not many but good to se them out for a bit
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Heaps of bees out again today. Making my plans for the season ahead now. Saw a bumblebee today and a queen wasp in the garden - firsts for the year.
In non bee related news - last night saw some amazing aurora above our house which complemented a lovely glenlivet 15yoIMG_6986.jpg
Bees out in force today,taking advantage of the warmer spell. I've also made up some of the double side by side neucs a la Mike Palmer with another b.box on top. Each side will take a full hive split into two boxes. These make good cell builders for Q rearing. Missed the Aurora however. Shameful.
brilliant photo GGOriginally Posted by greengumbo
In non bee related news - last night saw some amazing aurora above our house which complemented a lovely glenlivet 15yo
Very envious of the aurora GG … no sign of it down here that night. 9 years living in Glasgow and I missed it the one time it appeared there as well. Two trips to Northern Finland, way above the Arctic Circle … snowed all the time I was there
On a brighter note … added pollen to colonies today to get them fired up for the OSR. Just a tablespoonful or so on piece of card laid on the top bars. When I checked 6 hours later all were taking it down, and one had finished it. Despite the temperature being about 7 centigrade all day (and raining) the addition of the pollen appears to have really excited the colonies … those I checked were rushing about under the Perspex crown board when I checked about six hours later.
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Lovely aurora photo, Greengumbo. If that was taken about 4 in the morning (was it?), then no wonder I've missed it - and happy bees, Fatshark. Did you harvest the pollen yourself last year?
Kitta
Can't get near the bees for a while having had a foot operation which keeps me off my feet for a least 6 weeks. My wife has said she is going to take them on and I've had offers of help from our association members - which I intend to accept. The bees are flying when they can but the high winds and heavy showers are starting to hamper development, still I suppose they will come good in the long run.
Good luck with the op Grizzly. Fraser had his ankle fused last winter and was also off his feet for 6 weeks. He was also not meant to lift anything heavy for several months so bear that in mind. It's been worth it - you could see how lame he still was when we were on Colonsay but although it's taken a good year since the op he is now much improved and at last totally off the painkillers which he has been on for years. We skied about 3 weeks ago - his surgeon said he wouldn't ski again so we were very chuffed with that. Worth all the aggro if you get a good result.
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