Margaret Elisabeth
Field Bee
- Joined
- Sep 16, 2012
- Messages
- 545
- Reaction score
- 0
- Location
- Sheffield
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 2
No not a mis-spelling.
While I have been extracting and Jarring my ill gotten gains I have locked the conservatory(glorified porch) door. I put the drippy frames upside down over a tray in the conservatory and also the wax cappings in the strainer for them to benefit from the extra heat until I could give them back to the bees to finish off.
I have been very careful to go in and out of that door quickly and close it behind me, until today. A new printer arrived and needed setting up near the router, in the attic. Also I was expecting another parcel so need to keep a sharp ear open for the delivery van and knock. Up and down I went merrily moving furniture to get things in the right place: in and out of the garden while the kettle boiled for tea. Then back upstairs again, "Oh the wind is getting up a bit" I thought "and its raining better close the window". soon the sun was out again and I found I needed the cable from downstairs. I 'll take the rubbish down with me.
Just as I was about to open the kitchen door to go through the conservatory I saw that it was buzzin. Yes the girls were there reclaiming their booty.
The door had not caught on the latch and had blown open slightly. Jacket on smoker lit, spare super to return the attraction to home ground, smoked the conservatory took the strainer outside and propped on a bucket returned the combs to the hive and left the door open for a couple of hours with the smoker on the step.
and the moral of the story is, If you raid someones store don't expect that they won't come looking for you.
While I have been extracting and Jarring my ill gotten gains I have locked the conservatory(glorified porch) door. I put the drippy frames upside down over a tray in the conservatory and also the wax cappings in the strainer for them to benefit from the extra heat until I could give them back to the bees to finish off.
I have been very careful to go in and out of that door quickly and close it behind me, until today. A new printer arrived and needed setting up near the router, in the attic. Also I was expecting another parcel so need to keep a sharp ear open for the delivery van and knock. Up and down I went merrily moving furniture to get things in the right place: in and out of the garden while the kettle boiled for tea. Then back upstairs again, "Oh the wind is getting up a bit" I thought "and its raining better close the window". soon the sun was out again and I found I needed the cable from downstairs. I 'll take the rubbish down with me.
Just as I was about to open the kitchen door to go through the conservatory I saw that it was buzzin. Yes the girls were there reclaiming their booty.
The door had not caught on the latch and had blown open slightly. Jacket on smoker lit, spare super to return the attraction to home ground, smoked the conservatory took the strainer outside and propped on a bucket returned the combs to the hive and left the door open for a couple of hours with the smoker on the step.
and the moral of the story is, If you raid someones store don't expect that they won't come looking for you.
