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In Ireland in 2012 we had another cold wet Summer followed by a long cold grey damp spring until late April.. A lot of beekeepers have already replenished their stocks by splitting. We are in the middle of a heatwave the hottest the weather has been in 7 years... it is now 10 days without...

7 frames .... 7 more than last year :party:

update. beautiful day here and took a look. the queen is back laying with lots of sealed and unsealed brood. they finished all the syrup too thanks again for all your help and advice

Thanks so much for all your replies and advice.. I will take a look in about 2 weeks time to see if there is any progress.

no i didn't see her . i don't have her marked and didn't want to spend a lot of time looking for her so early in the year. she was present and laying the last time we looked which was in December

I need some advice It hit 12c today so i did my first inspection there were lots of bees bringing in various colours of pollen. 4 frames full with honey stores with the remainder of frames covered with bees, pollen and stores in the corners however no brood or eggs. I dont have the queen...

Thanks a million for the quick responses :-)

Hello, We have 1 National Hive with a Mesh Floor and a removable blue floor underneath it. Yesterday when we took it our to take to complete a check for Varroa it was wet. Our bees are very active bringing in lots of pollen and nectar.. our last check was about about 1 month ago and there was...

Our bees have been fierce busy also here in Co Carlow.