Bees bringing home the pollen

[VEG]

Was amazed today at the amount of pollen being brought back by my bees took a short video. Taken this morning about 11am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiaezfDGHbw

 

[grizzly]

Thats one active colony !!.
nice to see.

 

[tonybloke]

they are some very busy bees!! nice to see at this time of yr

 

[fatshark]

Is there a reason to have the entry block that way up? Doesn't that stop them dragging the corpses out?

Not that they'd have much chance with the foragers returning

 

[oliver90owner]

Other than the corpses have to be deep to cover the entrance!

Not sure which might be best!

Regards, RAB

 

[Brosville]

Same here in Sussex - top bar hive yesterday lunch time
http://vimeo.com/10483623

 

[taff..]

blimey Veg, thats looking good

that vid certainly shows the benefit of a landing board, loads of them just seemed to be crashing down

 

[Scottishdyker]

Busy stuff Veg and brosville , ull be both very happy beekeepers then

 

[MJBee]

Nice to see Veg - heads up though on your next inspection make sure that pollen clogged frames are not restricting the brood nest expansion. I had to re-arrange frames in 2 of my colonies for that reason
Regards Mike

 

[VEG]

Its on a double brood so I can split them when the time is right. The reason I put the entrance reducer in that way is so that over winter the entrance doesnt get blocked up with dead bees. They dont seem to struggle to clear them out when the weather is warm enough.