What did you do in the Apiary today?

[thenovice]

quickly checked the snelgrove II AS. she is laying! all is well...

 

[Goran]

Not so bad flow even it was set back with storm and rain.. from tommorow more stable weather and hope black locust will give few more days of nice flow and again.. extraction. Lime/linden showed its tiny flower buds. But for my place good lime flow is like winning on lottery, due to constant winds and high temps. If lime give nice flow.. I will have a problem, I don't have enough barrels..

 

[Moggs]

I thought i would follow the procedure in the Bee haynes manual for the nucleus method. I chose a large sealed Qc as i thought if i choose an unsealed one it may not develop as well or as big as the one i found.

There is no guarantee with a sealed QC, especially if frames are shaken. It's common to find a worker sealed back into cells, post emergence (not your situation of course). You won't necessarily know the age of a sealed one, whereas an unsealed cell can be examined to see a fat grub swimming in nutrients.


I've had that déjà vu before...

 

[jonnybeegood]

There is no guarantee with a sealed QC, especially if frames are shaken. It's common to find a worker sealed back into cells, post emergence (not your situation of course). You won't necessarily know the age of a sealed one, whereas an unsealed cell can be examined to see a fat grub swimming in nutrients.


I've had that déjà vu before...

I did an inspection 10 days ago, i tore down all playcups so at the very soonest i reckon it would be sealed the day before my inspection, the cell looked freshly capped to me, i reckon she will hatch in 11 days at the very earliest, more like 12/13 i think. I will check for other cells in a week & if this one has a problem i will keep another cell just in case. Next time i'll pick an unsealed one as you say, thanks

 

[Moggs]

I did an inspection 10 days ago, i tore down all playcups so at the very soonest i reckon it would be sealed the day before my inspection, the cell looked freshly capped to me, i reckon she will hatch in 11 days at the very earliest, more like 12/13 i think.

16 days egg to emergence for a queen.


I've had that déjà vu before...

 

[jonnybeegood]

16 days egg to emergence for a queen.


I've had that déjà vu before...

Sorry yes, i had worker in my head after reading your last post about a worker sealed in cell Lol.
She should hatch iin about 8/9 days so i will check the hive in 6/7 days so as not to disturb her, hopefully.

 

[Moggs]

JBG- Not sure I'm following! You said earlier that you inspected 10 days ago and found sealed QC. Is this the same one or have I misunderstood? Maybe think about your timings- you may need to have another good look around to see what's going on but with care - Virgin queens can easily be lost through poorly-timed intervention. Or, just leave them alone for a while then see if they're queen-right.


I've had that déjà vu before...

 

[whoosling]

Whoop whoop year 4 and i've caught my first ever swarm

 

[jonnybeegood]

JBG- Not sure I'm following! You said earlier that you inspected 10 days ago and found sealed QC. Is this the same one or have I misunderstood? Maybe think about your timings- you may need to have another good look around to see what's going on but with care - Virgin queens can easily be lost through poorly-timed intervention. Or, just leave them alone for a while then see if they're queen-right.


I've had that déjà vu before...

Hi, no, i checked 10 days ago & found play cups, i checked yesterday & found the sealed Q cell in one hive, & the balling of another Q in a different hive, yesterday was when i inspected all my hives after fearing a swarm.

 

[Erichalfbee]

Surveyed the Apiary field for location of an Apiary shed next to the hives.......at last!!!!
Went to Welsh Spring Festival yesterday. Well done Swansea BKA for having a tented hive for public to get dressed up to go and look at a colony. The stand was mobbed.
As an aside....pity Builth Wells doesn't have a decent pub

 

[thenovice]

Put a varroa inspection tray in and watched the different crops in the country side.

result: horse chest nut in front of a huge OSR field: covered in bees. OSR field, stared at it for over half an hour, 1 bumble bee flew over not a single honey bee in sight. Hawthorne, a couple of bees seen.

is this a matter of the vastness of the OSR field or do bees prefer other forage?

 

[jonnybeegood]

Maybe the horse chestnut is proving more nectar than the OSR at the moment ?

 

[Anduril]

Watched a virgin queen playing peek-a-boo and piping before finally emerging.

 

[Jimmys Mum]

Just been to collect my first swarm of the season. Such a nice family who were really interested in what was going on. The children were full of questions, apparently I am going to be the subject of 'show and tell' at school tomorrow.

Wish all swarm calls were such a pleasure!

 

[Hivemaker.]

General swarm and stores checks to colonies until 4pm, then some more grafting and instrumental inseminating.

 

[Goran]

Today unexpectedly day was as in best days of black locust forage. All area sounded as one big hive. I sat for a moment and enjoyed in view and sounds. While I was sitting I accidentally pressed wild thyme and it gave nice tune to whole event.

 

[jonnybeegood]

Well it was pouring down last night & this morning, now the sun is out, blue skies, & the bees are going beserk, i had to open the entrances wider on my hives so they can get in & out quicker, there were traffic jams holding them up. Lots of drones bombing about too. I even walked amongst it all to open the entrances in a sweat shirt & no nasty bees i was totally ignored, i think they were too busy to notice.

 

[Hivemaker.]

Checked the AMM drone laying queen which I inseminated with semen collected from her own drones... perfect, she is now laying fertile brood.

 

[itma]

... inseminated with semen collected from her own drones... perfect ...

"Normal for Norfolk" is the usual description.

 

[Marton]

Flying here between the thunder hail storms.

Some not making it back with a group of drowned bees by one entrance.

A strange year. Please can we have some warmth as well as the sunshine?


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