GWW and Widdershins hosted a fantastic day for me and Mrs FG today. Big thanks to them and their trusty cake-hound!
They have sold us a nuc colony, now in a poly Lang. I'm hoping to have more success this time - more time to build up, poly hive instead of wooden in our cold, damp micro-climate, a bit more learning, and I'm also going to leave them on two full brood boxes going into the Winter this time. Hopefully, that should help.
With the aid of a torch, I put the bees in place 30 mins ago and pulled out the foam from the entrance. A gentle hum can be heard but no one fancied a midnight flight so I guess I'll have to wait until tomorrow.
FG
They have sold us a nuc colony, now in a poly Lang. I'm hoping to have more success this time - more time to build up, poly hive instead of wooden in our cold, damp micro-climate, a bit more learning, and I'm also going to leave them on two full brood boxes going into the Winter this time. Hopefully, that should help.
With the aid of a torch, I put the bees in place 30 mins ago and pulled out the foam from the entrance. A gentle hum can be heard but no one fancied a midnight flight so I guess I'll have to wait until tomorrow.
FG
