Long time no post... So after a fairly disastrous season in terms of a lost swarm, several failed matings and so on, I've been letting my 1 remaining hive get on with it largely, which has suited well for me.
Weather has been kind here lately though, and the bees have managed to fill and ripen a super of honey in the last two weeks, in addition to backfilling the brood box. Colony looks v healthy and strong, and today removed the super to extract what I can and gave them 2:1 feed to replace (17C in done so still well warm enough). Fully suspect it'll be a nightmare extracting as it'll have a load of ivy in it, but will see what I get..