Recent content by Lindylou

Who would have thought a question about bees clustering could have started a discussion on cholesterol :offtopic:

Oh well fingers crossed then. They definately weren't queenless when we tucked them up for winter, but who knows? Only time will tell.

Thanks Enrico, at least I know all is ok.

Have just put fondant on my hives. Unfortunately one looks to have died out but others seem ok, nicely clustered - all except one. This colony was a swarm we collected and which built up very quickly. It is always the first to have bees flying in mild weather, but on taking off crown board...

Lovely pics

Inspected 3 of our hives. The last one (we always inspect it last as bees really really like to glue everything up) was full to bursting of angry bees. It is usually a very calm colony so we have no idea why they are so angry. Did a quick inspection - we both got stung several times though...

Our bees really tetchy this morning. Sure enough we have had 4 bouts of thunder and heavy rain this afternoon. Still - good for the garden :)

I start off with newspaper in the bottom, then pet bedding (straw) bought from pet shop. Gives off a lovely cool smoke.

I took my feeders off yesterday. I think if they have stopped taking it down then that is a good guide that they no longer need it.

Took off feeders as they seem to have stopped taking it down now. Plenty of ivy pollen coming in though and they seem to have plenty of stores. Picking up fondant soon for feeding January ish - if necessary of course.

Hubby got stung on the side of his nose a while back and he looked like quasimodo for about a week - so be prepared.

Hope you are my friend Pete :)

Have also had a few in the garden this year.

Had bee inspector round today. Got a clean bill of health thank goodness.

Newbies fuss so much (me being one of them) because they want to do the best for their bees, and not having years of experience behind them, they ask the lovely people on here for advice.