Cornwall Beekeepers

[shazzer]

Weather for the South West

This should be interesting for beeks in the South West.
If true I wonder what kind of year we can expect for our bees?

http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/Ply...nth-heatwave/story-29303855-detail/story.html

 

[charlievictorbravo]

This should be interesting for beeks in the South West.
If true I wonder what kind of year we can expect for our bees?

http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/Ply...nth-heatwave/story-29303855-detail/story.html

Yeah! We might get a crop!

CVB

 

[shazzer]

We are ready bring it on

 

[Robbo8916]

Guessing you didn't get a swarm?

 

[shazzer]

Guessing you didn't get a swarm?

No Swarm Robbo. Had a call from my NUC supplier the day after to say the bees were ready. I would not have turned the swarm away if it came but happy to have my Cornish Black Bees as planned. They are little beauties.

Hopefully we all have a great summer flow.

 

[Firefly]

This should be interesting for beeks in the South West.
If true I wonder what kind of year we can expect for our bees?

http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/Ply...nth-heatwave/story-29303855-detail/story.html

I invoke Betteridge: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge's_law_of_headlines

 

[shazzer]

Is "The June Gap" a reality in Cornwall? or does it pass without notice?

Although the small amount of Bee Friendly plants we have sowed are not going to sustain a colony most are due to flower in June.

I suppose other peoples gardens are similar and will flower from June onwards.
So will there be a June Gap in Sunny Cornwall.

 

[For want of a better word]

Another of the Great Myths of Beekeeping... cut and pasted by the plagurist bee book writers!

Nos da

 

[shazzer]

Starvation Alert

Had an email from the NBU re Starvation Alert now on.

I have also noted a couple of days ago that my hive is busting with Brood but very little stores so I have given them a hand with the rapid feeder.

So the so called 'June Gap' comes up for scrutiny again.

 

[Gilberdyke John]

Had an email from the NBU re Starvation Alert now on.

I have also noted a couple of days ago that my hive is busting with Brood but very little stores so I have given them a hand with the rapid feeder.

So the so called 'June Gap' comes up for scrutiny again.

I haven't had a June gap but it's possible I might see an early July gap unless things change a bit