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| A new out-apiary |
| We had thought we'd move hive 4 from the garden to the new out-apiary once it was set up and we went through that colony today with that in mind. It's certainly in need of space and we wondered if w...[more]
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| Posted on Friday 05 June 2009 - 23:04:00 |
| Have we done the right thing? |
| We pondered long and hard on what to do with colony 3. We went through it this morning and as expected it was heaving. The brood box was 90% full of brood at some stage with some stores round the ...[more]
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| Posted on Sunday 15 June 2008 - 22:29:34 |
| And now we are 12 ... |
| We went through hives 2 and 3 in the garden today and yes, queen cells abound. We knew that hive 3 could be running short of space and had only delayed adding a brood box because we wanted to move it...[more]
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| Posted on Thursday 04 June 2009 - 19:29:28 |
| What is this sound? |
| A few weeks back I was in the apiary at dusk when I heard a strange croaking sound. It was quite loud and I wasn't sure at first if it was coming from one of the hives or not. I walked round the col...[more]
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| Posted on Friday 01 August 2008 - 18:45:00 |
| And the lesson for today is ... |
| I was sure we hadn't forgotten anything. We remembered to put an extra super in the car when we headed over to Green Lane today and we had the travel boxes and extra frames just in case we needed to...[more]
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| Posted on Saturday 23 May 2009 - 22:02:00 |
| Final Check before Winter |
| On Saturday we focussed on the four colonies in our garden and today visited each of our out-apiaries to make sure all was well or as best as we could make it in readiness for Winter - checking for st...[more]
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| Posted on Sunday 12 October 2008 - 18:26:06 |
| The one that got away |
| At first we thought our efforts had been in vain and that our bees were swarming. Our hives looked active, yes, but not as if they were about to, or had recently, swarmed. This was yesterday, after ...[more]
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| Posted on Friday 27 June 2008 - 00:59:12 |
| And another one |
| We visited our two hives over at Green Lane today and, as expected, they've been busy and there are queen cells. This time we had gone prepared! We had our two travelling boxes ready in case we neede...[more]
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| Posted on Friday 29 May 2009 - 20:08:37 |
| Apiary round-up |
| Friday looked to be the best day of the weekend so a lunchtime hive check was planned, We'd had the varroa boards in for six days and David checked through those. We're getting not more than a 2-a...[more]
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| Posted on Friday 08 August 2008 - 18:46:12 |