What did you do in the Apiary today?

[Beth]

The 4 hives coming on, 2 were queenless and 2 are nucs made as emergency backup in May. All coming on with BIAS. They're still needing syrup and 2 had eaten their half pollen patty. Today is the first day in a long while we've had sun and temps above 10.
The coming week looks good, and the avenue of old limes are just starting to open . Here's hoping we've finally turned a corner.

 

[Mint Bee]

Balsam has been flowering for some time, but first time I've seen stripy bees during inspections

 

[E&MBees]

Strimmed around the hives, bees less than impressed. Battery powered machine but for whatever reason they took offence to it. I wore gardening gloves, what a mistake. Now have a swollen hand. Used marigolds to do the other site, no problem at all.
Added clearer boards where needed and moved frames around in the supers to optimise space. They settled quickly once the brush cutter was out of sight. A colony I thought was q- isn’t, patches of sealed worker brood today. She’s taken weeks to get going compared to her sister who emerged at the same time in another colony.
Need to start considering which colonies to combine come September.

 

[Curly green finger's]

Who needs the football I’ve got my early evening entertainment watching ghost bees coming back and bees on clover now

 

[The Poot]

Who needs the football I’ve got my early evening entertainment watching ghost bees coming back and bees on clover now View attachment 40663

Football? What football?

 

[Murox]

This is much more interesting than men chasing a ball around a field.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

well I was pretty excited at the result - just been on the phone to uncle Pablo to congratulate him

 

[Hedgerow Honey]

well I was pretty excited at the result - just been on the phone to uncle Pablo to congratulate him

As a true born & bred welshman, I also find the result quite satisfactory .
The OH said most of Cardiff were wearing Spanish shirts earlier today.

 

[Murox]

I actually watched some of it, Spain were far better anyway, the English team were lucky to get that far in the first place.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

the English team were lucky to get that far in the first place.

and only because they stole the ticket

 

[Swarm]

Sour grapes. I thought it was a fairly good game for a final, a desperate goal line clearance from Spain saved extra time.
Scotland just made up the numbers and Wales .... well we couldn't even achieve that.

 

[Hedgerow Honey]

Sour grapes. I thought it was a fairly good game for a final, a desperate goal line clearance from Spain saved extra time.
Scotland just made up the numbers and Wales .... well we couldn't even achieve that.

Wrong shaped ball for Wales

 

[Garry R]

Wrong shaped ball for Wales

The Welsh like the ball with pointy ends and rounded edges - Oh got muddled up with another thread, sorry.

 

[Swarm]

Wrong shaped ball for Wales

We seem to be struggling there as well

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Sour grapes.

the only sour grapes I saw was the way the English team swiftly removed their runner up medals.
You think they would be used to them by now.

 

[Parsonage Bees]

Why do we produce 4 European football teams, England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, when bigger nations like Germany and France only have one?

Maybe if we had a UK team we'd be unstoppable.

 

[Moobee]

Picked up a beautiful primary swarm this evening, lovely temperament. Wish I could have kept them!!

No room at the inn?

 

[Parsonage Bees]

Found something a bit strange this morning. Dead emerging drones I think.




2 weeks ago this frame was patchy drone brood in a failed nuc. Ran in a spare marked VQ 20th June. Seen 4th July appeared mated. Given the earliest date she could have started laying these emerging bees are all from the drone laying workers. And they are dying as they emerge. ?? They are worker sized but think they must be drones.
Not worried but can't think why they have died.

#edit The same is happening across 3 frames. Almost as if the new worker brood around them strangles them as they emerge.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Why do we produce 4 European football teams, England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, when bigger nations like Germany and France only have one?

because we are four separate countries (once Ireland is finally reunited as one )

Maybe if we had a UK team we'd be unstoppable.

but we are not united, and Wales certainly has no king

 

[Erichalfbee]

Why do we produce 4 European football teams, England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, when bigger nations like Germany and France only have one?

Maybe if we had a UK team we'd be unstoppable.

Because everybody hates the English it would have to exclude any English players. Add to that Wales and Scotland are separate countries