- Joined
- Jun 4, 2015
- Messages
- 9,135
- Reaction score
- 15
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 17 nucs....
On arriving at my little Apiary spot today at around 1.30pm i was greeted with a very large amount of bees in the sky around two suspect hives, the tell tail sign that the little devils where swarming.
I left them too it and went into the cottage and made a cup of tea, i then had a walk around the garden with my lady friend to see how the flower beds and pond life where doing, which give the bees around about 30 mins to reorganize there strategy.
This was the out come, all the bees flew back to the hive and before i got my camera the full hive was black/brown and covered with bees.
When i did eventually go to sort them out i spotted Queenie just under the landing strip with around twenty bees trying to cover her, she was trying to climb up a nettle to get back in the hive which she achieved eventually.
I could have splatted her there and then but i will let the bees decide what to do but i think the Virgin Queen will kill her, we will see ? .
I have lost no flying bees in the process so it is the way forward for me.
My three nucs seem to be doing ok also and i have the most honey i have ever had..
Last picture Queen 3in from the left crawling back in.
P.s got the pictures Muddled but there you go..
I left them too it and went into the cottage and made a cup of tea, i then had a walk around the garden with my lady friend to see how the flower beds and pond life where doing, which give the bees around about 30 mins to reorganize there strategy.
This was the out come, all the bees flew back to the hive and before i got my camera the full hive was black/brown and covered with bees.
When i did eventually go to sort them out i spotted Queenie just under the landing strip with around twenty bees trying to cover her, she was trying to climb up a nettle to get back in the hive which she achieved eventually.
I could have splatted her there and then but i will let the bees decide what to do but i think the Virgin Queen will kill her, we will see ? .
I have lost no flying bees in the process so it is the way forward for me.
My three nucs seem to be doing ok also and i have the most honey i have ever had..
Last picture Queen 3in from the left crawling back in.
P.s got the pictures Muddled but there you go..
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