weekly inspections.

[Floss]

I had a quick heft/peep and the weekend and the frames appear to have lots of honey and heavy. They are bringin in pollen and my instinct is to leave them now - although it is summer the ambient temp is low where I live and I am not sure what more I can "competently" do for them so I am going with adage "the bees know best" and leaving them now ( and keeping thoses fingers crossed!)

Floss

 

[VEG]

They are best left alone now anyway as if you manage to damage the queen now the colony will die out.
If you know they are queenright, have enough stores and have treated for varroa I would leave alone untill OA treatment.

 

[Finman]

Meteorogically Autumn started on the 1st September, Astrologically the 21st September....?

It does so in Finland but surely not in Britain.

Sun is over equator in 21st but quite low in Finland.

 

[JCBrum]

Sun is over equator in 21st

What about the Tropic of Cancer, ........ or did the Earth move for you ?

 

[Heather]

Shakes now and again.
Still sunny here, but wind chill kicking in. The bees still very active, but settle down by 4pm.

 

[VEG]

Mine are still cramming in ivy pollen and still working the balsom not that it will last much longer as we had our first frost last night. This normally kills the balsom off.

 

[Heather]

Mine still working the Bacopa & Tagetes- from hanging baskets/tubs- must plant more next year, hadn't realised it would be so popular.