Signs of Autumn

[MrB]

Blimey..........Have I slept through Christmas?

Wish i could do that! Bah humbug !

 

[milkermel]

1. A skein of some forty geese flying south (seen this morning).

that was jamie shooing them of the golf course this morning!!

For me it has to be the smell at 5am damp and warm, still nice to bring cows in but once in the parlour steamy and damp.

love it more than the summer tbh

 

[susbees]

Blimey..........Have I slept through Christmas?

We've had unplanned Christmas Day lambs before but at least we knew the culprit!

 

[susbees]

I don't think they were three fields away five months ago

Steve

Oh yes they were....ours are spotted, this lamb was black. Must've been the neighbour putting tup lambs in the next field without thinking. Again.

This evening one of his bullocks took the fence above the apiary. Again.

 

[Teemore]

Drones corralled onto the area above the hive entrance in most of my hives....

Leaves on the horse chestnuts started turning colour over a fortnight ago.

 

[Monsieur Abeille]

No holidays planned

 

[Beeline]

If the girls are currently bringing in loads of pollen and there is balsam and ivy available is there any good reason why the queen would tail off her egg laying as autumn approaches? They're bringing more pollen in now than they were 2-3 months ago. Very strange.

Another question - is the pollen coming in now predominantly for the grubs or for themselves over winter i.e. is stores considered to be both pollen and honey but generally more of the latter?

Possibly worthy of a separate thread but it's part of the Autumn shut-down.

BL

 

[Phil280]

Adverts for the newest winter collections...and ginger bread in the supermarket!

 

[Cazza]

No holidays planned

The opposite will be true for me, September break just around the corner and skiing hol sorted. Roll on Winter.
Cazza