Similar here. Mid week next week shows an improvement………at the moment.
It keeps changing, you just need to grab an opportunity when it presents itself. It was raining all morning but stopped by 11am and there was even the odd patch of blue sky and an occasional glimpse of the sun. It was worth the effort if only to remove excess stores and give the queens laying space, the nuc I hived up has drawn the foundations I gave them, with capped honey arcs in some. The Amm nucs have been bringing in quite a bit as well looking at all the new, white cappings, just as well they are two tier.
Try moving them and see if their demeanour improves ...Temperatures of 14 so I thought I would check a couple of WBCs in a meadow. Opened the first one, 11 frames of bees, 8 of brood. Bees were completely calm so I put on a Qx and super.
Second hive which is 20m from the first were solid with bees so I decided to put a super on without looking at the frames. By the time I had closed up I’d taken 20+ stings!!!
It’s really strange, I have changed the genetics in that hive 3 times in the last 4 years because they always seem grumpy, could it be negative energy lines?
I think I would exchange them with a well behaved colony but being in a wbc they are difficult to pack up to travel to a different location. Maybe if I’m at a loose end when the season gets going.
It would be interesting to put a well behaved colony in place of them and see if the locatiion has an impact on their demenour and vice versa ...I think I would exchange them with a well behaved colony but being in a wbc they are difficult to pack up to travel to a different location. Maybe if I’m at a loose end when the season gets going.
Glad things are looking up, Im still waiting for a temperature of 13 degrees with little wind; fat chance of that with another storm rolling in on Saturday. I think thats 11 storms in six months this year.
It’s been pretty bad up there for you. Such a beautiful and striking place but oh so wild. I think thats 11 storms in six months this year.
It is, but its mostly all forgiven when the sun does finally 'come out to play'.
I worked on Skye for a while; before the bridge. Even the midges disappeared in the sunshine.
A good complement of brood combs in both boxes, an expanding population of bees and a flow.
