The Weather

[BeeJayBee]

Hailstones, today and yesterday.

 

[Hivemaker.]

Weather quite good here.
Much later than usual, but doing the first grafting on Tuesday.

 

[fatshark]

Don't rub it in Pete! Hail here yesterday. I've put drone comb into selected colonies for grafting in the second/third week of May, with mating early June. That's a full month after last year and two months after 2011.

Our local school weather station shows March temperatures a full 5 degrees colder than the average, with seven days of laying snow. The second coldest March since 1892 ... no wonder things are slow.

 

[For want of a better word]

Looks like a good day here... despite forecast !

 

[cjhart2]

Talk about 4 seasons in one day

Haut Charente France 9:00
Woke up to fog less than 30 m vis , not unusual up here , then heard bangs , odd i know its May day but 9:00 in the morning even the French would not celebrate with Fireworks at that time . Bangs turned in to thunder , still foggy , foggy lightening very odd , then the hail started large chunks , fog cleared instantly , hail turned to downpour rain, water everywhere , wind kicked up , rained stopped , wind dropped , 09:30 sun came out very calm .

what a morning .

 

[Liam C Ryan]

Weather very nice in Tipperary today reached 22c after dinner. Lots of new bees finding their wings. Forecasting low 20,es for weekend .

 

[Norton]

37C here yesterday - 11 degrees above normal for this time of the year. Two weeks ago we had snow in the mountains.......

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

37C here yesterday .

Right - enough of this rubbing the salt in - my neighbour happens to be flying to Cyprus today, i think i'll ask him a favour, I'm sure he can find room for his hob-nailed boots!

 

[thorn]

Right - enough of this rubbing the salt in - my neighbour happens to be flying to Cyprus today, i think i'll ask him a favour, I'm sure he can find room for his hob-nailed boots!

Go for it, JB. Norton's been asking for it all winter.

 

[Suzi Q]

Two supers on and filling on a hive in a sheltered location. Bees foraging on a large wild cherry tree and forget-me-knot. Life's wonderful sometimes!

 

[itma]

... forget-me-knot. ...

Is that a noose?


/ Its glum here today. Wish we had the overheating problems seen in Tyne & Wear.

 

[Suzi Q]

Not! Another grey moment.