- Joined
- Apr 10, 2010
- Messages
- 11,429
- Reaction score
- 3,180
- Location
- Stoke on Trent
- Hive Type
- Langstroth
- Number of Hives
- 6 to 8 Langstroth jumbos, a few Langstroth and National nucs.
Lovely sunny day after torrents yesterday.
Keiler mini nuc queen plus all bees absconded and sat on edge of top bar hive. Brushed them back into hive, left it 30 mins for all stragglers to enter and relocated them into full sun (they were in shade).
Success!
Mating flights galore in the sun - I saw a returning queen.
Looks like loads of forage when sun is out and it's dry. But limes still closed.
Keiler mini nuc queen plus all bees absconded and sat on edge of top bar hive. Brushed them back into hive, left it 30 mins for all stragglers to enter and relocated them into full sun (they were in shade).
Success!
Mating flights galore in the sun - I saw a returning queen.
Looks like loads of forage when sun is out and it's dry. But limes still closed.