What did you do in the Apiary today?

[YorkshireBees]

Added 4th super to two hives as they needed it!

One of the two had three full supers of nectar / honey but the other had two full supers of honey and somehow the bottom super was full of brood!!!

Seems my sneaky queen got through the excluder and laid the bottom super up.

Moved her back below the QE and hope she stays there this time.

 

[garlicpickle]

Went back to finish yesterday's AS which got rained off. Went through the mother box above the snelgrove board checking for QC.

Tried to do the same with my other colony but couldn't find the Q. She's been busy though. There's a few play cups but they aren't seriously in swarm mode yet. So I decided to just give them the second BB of foundation under the main box and not bother with the Snelgrove for now.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Well i suppose it was today - as it was past midnight on me finishing.
Bottled and labelled thirty plus jars of honey to deliver to the butcher's shop this morning. Getting to the end of last year's stock now, hopefully plenty from the harvest this year.
Had honey on my toast for the first time since flying to Africa, Brynmair honey that is!

 

[Nige.Coll]

knocked down sealed queen cells leaving best 2 open ones in one hive on different frames .( split with Horsley board )

Other hive did a quick inspection . Saw vertical eggs so knocked the 11 queen cells down and added another super . Thought long and hard about putting a petrol soaked cloth in the brood box then came home . Still vile bees still chasing me just more of them now.
I will return to that problem tomorrow with more kit and time.

Hopefully split them and use a queen cell i saved in the nice hive to replace the nasty genes . Hopefully be enough bees above the QE to make the job easier. never seen a hive so crowded but i haven't seen that many hives lol.

 

[Ely]

I added a 3rd super to my strongest hive today. They are filling it fast with dandelion nectar. I about 3 queen cups with eggs, one with royal jelly. They were on the side and inner side of the frames with none on the bottom of a frame. I am leaving it a few more days see if I can be certain whether they are swarm cells or supercedure cells. I hope I do not those a swarm in meantime.

 

[Heather]

In a stonking hive with best queen ever but no queen cells to utilise (they work hard, wall to wall brood, but none swarmy )..so grabbed some eggs/larvae and made up a new Nuc box with a load of house bees to push for queen cells so that I can dump a few slower queens.
Up the quality overall.

 

[einsteinagogo]

2nd attempt at inspecting colony for QCs after last weeks swarm, and abandoned due to agreesive nature of colony.

 

[Chris Luck]

I think I hived 5 swarms, that is to say I finally got bees in 5 hives tonight - time will tell - moronic insects, you would think they could organise themselves into proper groups and not get all mixed up. I had two the other day that formed one clump as well and I had to separate them.

Chris

 

[Alabamaeee]

One hive had two supers half full of brood Grrrr…. so much for a new QE that didn't work
Couldn't find Q so have sectioned off every box with a QE and will look for her next week.

One hive only covering half of the BB with brood and lots of space but eggs in cups! Broke them down and will inspect next week.

Largest hive with three supers on and some room in BB were building QC's so did an A/S

One hive content with their lot, they are in a commercial and I put on a new 14x12 to tempt them up as I will be changing hive type

What an interesting day

@ YorkBees, was it a white QE by a any chance

 

[cjhart2]

As my hives have perspex crown boards had a quick peep this evening . The Italian mob from nothing , have filled the super and overloaded with bees . Got the clobber on and put another super on . This Italian mob arrived as a swarm last year and just want to produce Honey all the time .

 

[masterBK]

Two weeks ago I demareed all my colonies. This has largely been successful but today found the red marked queen laying in the bottom broodchamber of one colony and then found combs of worker brood above the excluder in about 5 combs in each of three supers. Originally I assumed I had either a slim queen or a faulty excluder. Was neither as I found a large unmarked queen in the supers. Supercedure queens can certainly catch you out. Presumably she was in the original BC (which was raised above the supers during the demaree). Should have placed an excluder below the top BC when I carried out the Demaree

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Quick inspection of all the hives at home - rain approaching and temperatures dropping so not all were friendly - got more stings in two hours with my bees than I got altogether in two months in Africa with African bees!
All colonies doing well - Demarree'd one colony and prepared two for moving to the out apiary.
Looks like Redwood did a proper good job of looking after my bees!

 

[Alabamaeee]

They're not happy that you ran off to have a torrid affair with their African cousins

They will eventually forgive you if you promise not to do it again

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

They will eventually forgive you if you promise not to do it again

Yes, well that's the problem, how do i explain to them I'm needed out there?

 

[Goran]

Extraction, but better description is cleaning frames for black locust..
Honey by itself is great, but the quantity is the problem..
Still not finished, of course the rain is the reason..

 

[psafloyd]

Suddenly remembered I had hived a swarm the other day with no roof, just a polycarbonate crownboard.

Took roof down and covered them up, but some had succumbed to the monsoon yesterday.

Another swarm, THE SAME QUEEN I AS-ed last week had buggered off, but may have been knocked down by the rain as they were in a group on the floor.

Only discovered this after I started putting some in a nuc I had nearby, saw her in the crowd on the floor, and put her on a frame. Gave her a little but more white paint, as her marking was wearing away from last year.

Hoping I can get in and sort some of these buggers out in the next few days otherwise I KNOW what will happen. The weather will be AWFUL UNTIL THE TWO DAYS I HAVE IN TOWN NEXT WEEK AND THEN IT WILL BE SWARMARAMA...

 

[beecology]

I decided to go through the brood today with cooler and wetter weather on its way. Glad I did as I found 6 queen cells.

I also removed the queen excluder to encourage my bees to go into the supers and hopefully start drawing some comb up there.

As a beginner, I have to say the full brood box is a mightily impressive sight.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Got up at sparrows fa.. early! and with the aid of a friend moved two strong colonies (with supers already in place) to Garn Cottage apiary - as we were both travelling onwards to work we had to decline the annual hive welcoming cooked breakfast!

 

[TOBY-3652]

extracted 120 pounds of honey

 

[Jimmys Mum]

extracted 120 pounds of honey

I have honey envy........