S3 Ep 8: Sitting under a tree enjoying the breeze talking bees.
An enjoyable inspection during the heat wave. The bees are behaving much better and the honey harvests keep coming.
20 Juli 0s
S3 Ep 7: Windy chat under Lime Trees. Honey galore.
Quick chat after taking two more supers of honey. Hot work but ploughing through the season. Probably back for more next week!
30 Juni 3min
S3 Ep 6: First honey crop. Queen accepted. Behaviour improvement.
Back from a short break in Scotland. Pulled about 35 pounds of honey from hive 1, the new Queens are going well. All in all, good progress.
15 Juni 7min
S3 Ep 5: Introducing a new Queen.
Back for another visit. Introduced a new Queen after upgrading the Nuc into a full hive. Assessed the state of readiness of nectar that has been stored so far, which is not quite ready. I was trying...
11 Maj 9min
S3 Ep 4: Supers for everyone. New Queen required.
A check through the Nuc with the old Queen in residence and extra supers for the huge colony. Spring bird song, tales of my visit to hear Nightingales.
29 Apr 7min
S3 Ep 3: Queenaggedon
Queen Cells everywhere Captain. What to do!
20 Apr 6min
S3 Ep 2: New beginnings.
First inspection of the new bees. Transferred the bees to a Poly Hive, marked the Queen and made a Nuc as they had started making queen cells. In with a bang!
7 Apr 9min
S3 Ep 1: Good news from the apiary!
We are back in business. I have been lucky enough to be given some bees by my association, as a member has given up. I am feeding fondant to get them through the last of winter and can't wait to open ...
28 Feb 6min
