Hive entrances down to the minimum, need a hose pipe spray to send them back home!
Looked through the colonies in the garden this am and removed a couple supers; covered them over with an upturned floor meaning to go back with an entrance block to keep the bees out......you've guessed - I forgot!
Next time in the garden thought 'that's early for orientation flights - but the weather is changeable, so they might be a bit early.
Then noticed the bees extracting the supers for me.... and redistributing back to three colonies. Ho, hum, they will get over it, I hope. Just have to keep an eye on them (the better one)!
The other is half-closed from a sting (well above my eyebrow, on Monday). Been walking up and down my garden, with no stings, all year and just went to observe an out-colony, from a distance, along a dyke bank and got bombed without any warning. May have been down to it being nudged with a flail mower, by the next-door farmer (and then nudged back into position) while mowing the dyke banks. He told me, when I stopped for a chat, but that was after the event!
RAB
Looked through the colonies in the garden this am and removed a couple supers; covered them over with an upturned floor meaning to go back with an entrance block to keep the bees out......you've guessed - I forgot!
Next time in the garden thought 'that's early for orientation flights - but the weather is changeable, so they might be a bit early.
Then noticed the bees extracting the supers for me.... and redistributing back to three colonies. Ho, hum, they will get over it, I hope. Just have to keep an eye on them (the better one)!
The other is half-closed from a sting (well above my eyebrow, on Monday). Been walking up and down my garden, with no stings, all year and just went to observe an out-colony, from a distance, along a dyke bank and got bombed without any warning. May have been down to it being nudged with a flail mower, by the next-door farmer (and then nudged back into position) while mowing the dyke banks. He told me, when I stopped for a chat, but that was after the event!
RAB