Girls arriving tomorrow!!

[Essexgary]

Spare brood frames made - check
one (wishful thinking) super frame made - check
25 tons of sugar in the cupboard - check
practice lighting smoker - check
neigbours informed - check
Final inspection of the empty purple tardis - check
Sleepness night ahead with excitement and nerves - check!

Gary

 

[Blue Spinnaker]

I'd add one...
Already annoying friends and family talking about bees? Check!

 

[Essexgary]

I'd add one...
Already annoying friends and family talking about bees? Check!

OMG, how right you are. God forbid someone asks me about them - I look for the 'tell-tale' glazed eyes about half an hour into my speech. Last week, someone in the pub was silly enough to ask me how many queens were there in a hive... she walked off with boredom in the end (I think I carried on talking though).

 

[Queens59]

Add another: Purchase sleeping pills for all the sleepless nights when they don't do what the book says...check?

 

[Hombre]

Swarm radar for 2011 when you take your eye off the ball briefly - Check.

Very briefly if your bees are Carniolans.

 

[Cazza]

I'd add one...
Already annoying friends and family talking about bees? Check!

HWMBO makes a flashing light signal with his hand on top of his head. This apparently means "beebore beebore beebore." Unfortunately my friends have started doing it too.
Cazza

 

[kazmcc]

I'd add one...
Already annoying friends and family talking about bees? Check!

Oh my Yes! My lot just change the subject when I start......or walk off. I don't mind. I'll just talk to the cat, he's interested.

I know exactly how you feel. It was like Christmas eve the night before ours came