What did you do in the Apiary today?

[madasafish]

Managed to insert in a QC into a Keiler min nuc - and leave the bottom entrance open overnight Monday. So all bees absconded leaving the QC on its own for 12 hours overnight. When I saw what had happened on Tuesday am, put QC into a Q- nuc. Checked today and she had emerged.


Did various inspections. One queen appears a dud ..still on 4 frames since March. Time to requeen.. Many other hives have no eggs or uncapped brood as queens were off lay due to the terrible weather. Last 3 days have been better so they may start laying again..

 

[Motobiman]

Searched in vain (yet again) for Q that is clearly laying as a lovely group of eggs seen, as well as BIAS.

Caught a good sized primary swarm of very black bees in a small tree right outside my own front door but not from one of my hives, running out of space now.

Got stung checking a feeder with no suit on.

Got gear together to move one hive and two nucs to the out apiary.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

TV cameras all afternoon again - this time for S4C. Bees have been going like the clappers since before 7am this morning, they're not even bothering to do anything apart from piling in nectar - all hives literally dripping with the stuff, even a gentle shake of the frames has it flying out all over the place.

 

[Erichalfbee]

TV cameras all afternoon again - this time for S4C.

Will the prog have subtitles?

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Will the prog have subtitles?

I'm not sure, they may do it's Heno on tomorrow night.

 

[Robbo8916]

I can help you with some q spotting next Tuesday if that's any good for you m8.

Sorry man only just seen this. Yeah that would be a great help. Will text you when I have checked my rota

 

[Motobiman]

Moved two swarm nucs and one hive to my new out apiary.

The one double brood box poly nuc I have there is going great guns so looks to be loads of forage available.

So now I need more poly supers, another hive and frames to match.

Not a cheap hobby is beekeeping . . . . . . . .

 

[TryingToLetThemBee]

ANOTHER flow day. That's three in a row! And there's fragrance under the lime trees (so good to smell) but no bees on them; probably on the last of the blackberry. Nearly caught a second swarm (lots of scouts) but they went somewhere else. I disturbed some of them who were looking at the possibility of enlarging the entrance so probably my fault. Oh well; a fly...

 

[madasafish]

Inspected one hive this am: no queen and lots of just started QCs - which I pulled down.
Swarmed this pm into hawthorn tree in field (I was cell punching so did not see where it went.)
Into two boxes and lots of stings - ill tempered lot..Cows were amused.

Sitting waiting for them to join the queen either:= 1> in box 1, or 2> in box 2 or 3> on the tree again..

 

[Ely]

Can't believe my luck. I put a bait hive up 4 days ago just for a bit of fun, not really expecting much and today a swarm moved in! Quite a big one too. I lost my bees last year so it is nice to have some again. I had a job interview today as well so hopefully this is a good luck sign

 

[Swarm]

Nice one

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Neither apiary nor workshop really - prepared my wax and honey for the Royal Welsh - just the candles left to do now

 

[Gilberdyke John]

Arrived home from shopping to be told there was a huge swarm in the hedge of the far paddock. Turned out it really was huge. I tried dumping it into a 6 frame Paynes poly nuc but they were such a tight fit I changed to a full size National brood box with 11 frames of foundation. Leaving them to settle in and hoping they like their new home.

 

[linoleum bonypart]

Just back from my first swarm phone call out.....good sized one in lid of compost bin

 

[nantmoel]

Another call to a swarm, not too bad to collect thats 4 in less than a week. Going to start uniting them to keep hive numbers down.

 

[TryingToLetThemBee]

Can't believe my luck. I put a bait hive up 4 days ago just for a bit of fun, not really expecting much and today a swarm moved in! Quite a big one too. I lost my bees last year so it is nice to have some again. I had a job interview today as well so hopefully this is a good luck sign

Fantastic!! Welcome back!!

 

[Ely]

Thanks. Problem is, they are in top of my garage so I will have to leave them to settle and then put them on a friend's allotment for a couple of weeks and then bring them back to put in a more suitable position.

 

[Motobiman]

There's do seem to be an awful lot of swarms about.

I've seen two fly over, one huge and had one take up residence in a empty Nuc I had left outside the shed for cleaning when I was away for a week.

Then another turned up in a little tree right outside my front door and I collected really easily.

Some guys in our BKA have completely run out of space to house them . . . . . .

 

[B+.]

Some guys in our BKA have completely run out of space to house them . . . . . .

Thats not unusual around here. It happens every year - its just a matter of when you'll run out of equipment to put them in

 

[BMH]

Not a sniff of a swarm around here! bait hives have been out since April.

Plenty of interest.

Only 1 cast swarm all year