Well, the attached photo shows a swarm collected from a garden near RAF Fairford, Cirencester on Friday 30th.....it originated from a colony in a chimney, and was a fine prime swarm.
It was hived on one drawn comb and foundation, with sugar syrup fed.
The bait hive in the garden in Melksham had more activity around it today, a fine warm 20 deg day, but its going to be very changeable this coming week.
Finally, this lunchtime I removed 2 QX put in below brood chambers used to prevent 2 swarms from absconding. 4 Queens clipped and marked, 3 in swarms and the 4th in a huge 14x12 colony purchased about 8 weeks ago. 4 honey supers full, and my lordy they were *******. A combination of water spray and heavy smoking barely calmed them and every frame removed and replaced caused huge amounts of boiling over.
I clipped HM but was seriously considering snuffing her out to let them raise a new one.....thoughts ?? Thing is 4 full supers almost all capped shows they are productive.....
Anyway, no QC so I trust they'll survive until the week after next.
It was hived on one drawn comb and foundation, with sugar syrup fed.
The bait hive in the garden in Melksham had more activity around it today, a fine warm 20 deg day, but its going to be very changeable this coming week.
Finally, this lunchtime I removed 2 QX put in below brood chambers used to prevent 2 swarms from absconding. 4 Queens clipped and marked, 3 in swarms and the 4th in a huge 14x12 colony purchased about 8 weeks ago. 4 honey supers full, and my lordy they were *******. A combination of water spray and heavy smoking barely calmed them and every frame removed and replaced caused huge amounts of boiling over.
I clipped HM but was seriously considering snuffing her out to let them raise a new one.....thoughts ?? Thing is 4 full supers almost all capped shows they are productive.....
Anyway, no QC so I trust they'll survive until the week after next.
