Crept out in my PJs this morning with a butter knife, not wanting insectophobe neighbours to realise I now have a few bees back in my garden. Another diplomatic incident needs to be avoided.
I've put a lump of fondant in the roof of the nuc that I had been living in the brace comb in the roof space (destroyed the brace comb and forced bees back into the box this week). They have almost no stores and I gave them just a tiny bit of brood to encourage them to not abscond. I would have preferred to put on weak syrup, but I couldn't find the small feeder. Now they shouldn't starve.
I've put a lump of fondant in the roof of the nuc that I had been living in the brace comb in the roof space (destroyed the brace comb and forced bees back into the box this week). They have almost no stores and I gave them just a tiny bit of brood to encourage them to not abscond. I would have preferred to put on weak syrup, but I couldn't find the small feeder. Now they shouldn't starve.
