Been busy reorganising the new apiary over the last couple of days. I've now taken over the chicken's area of the garden giving me much more room. The last chicken died a couple of months ago, and we'd already decided at the start of last year not to get any more. I really hated having to keep them shut in a covered run for half the year rather than letting them free range thanks to the avian flu housing orders.
The new apiary has been cleared of weeds and dug over ready to be seeded with grasses and wildflowers in a few weeks and the hives have been re-sited on their new stands and the super stacks moved to new slabs. I've even cleaned and re-organised the bee shed again.
Ready and waiting for the spring!