Originally Posted by
busybeephilip
As Jon says, the bad weather we are getting now is making the bees eatup all their stores, queens are getting closer to maximum laying rate, supers containg danylion honey are now getting lighter but do have a lot of pollen in them. what worries me now is the forcast for May is not great and sugar feeding might be needed for some colonies to survive (i have 200 litres in preparation ready to use), other colonies are beginning to become very populated and if not examined in the rain means that just a blink of sunshine in between the bad weather and its swarms away. Looks like May is going to be a testing month.
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