What did you do in the Apiary today?

[einsteinagogo]

Checked bait hives - nothing, and on returning a cast swarm (small), went into an old hive I was about strip down, paint and render the wax down in the bee shed! This was occupied by a mouse over the winter!

Bees, they just don't go where you want them to go.

Will assess over the next few days, to check if viable or move to nuc or mating nuc.

 

[Tom Jay]

Checked a hive and a nuc for newly laying queens. Both have plenty larvae and eggs in good formation on three frames. Isn't it wonderful to discover that!

 

[Robbo8916]

Stuck a super full of foundation on the larger colony. They have gone from 5 frames to 8 in just under a week! Took a sting to the knee through my trackies. Bloody hurt that did right on the kneecap lol.

Had a look inside the nuc and they are definitely going to be moving into a 6 frame box very soon. Already getting quite full. The queen has a lovely laying pattern. Lots of fanning going on at the entrance so curing honey I believe!

https://youtu.be/9aoBqIPvLv4

 

[Robbo8916]

And managed to snap a couple of pics of some of my ladies returning/leaving their hives. They turned out quite well considering I have a crappy phone.

 

[TryingToLetThemBee]

3 superbee colonies that were 3 frame nucs in june are now bursting out of 14*12 and each have 3 shallows 2 of which are full. Their temperament has altered from very calm to moderate which is interesting.

Good grief!! What did they find? It will be the honey that has made them more defensive.

 

[maddydog]

Good grief!! What did they find? It will be the honey that has made them more defensive.

Their progress has been rapid, one of them was so congested with 1 super on that they've made swarm preps. As for forage a perfect storm of blackberry, lime and fine weather I believe.
I've concentrated on increasing my colony numbers this year (6 to 17) so didn't expect any honey but after a very slow start I can see me getting a couple of hundred pounds plus heather (I can wish!)

 

[Goran]

Last extraction for this season ( more statistically than in value/qty). Nice smell of a lime/linden..
It is pretty hot and humid, 34C..
We are cooling with fresh watermelons and cantaloupes ( I love when I cut cooled watermelon and scent of it fill the room)..

 

[taurus]

Moved my nuc into a hive. They seem very calm so later in the evening when I went to add a feeder and narrow down the entrance I tried without my bee suit. Took the roof off and opened the crown board, added an empty super and filled the feeder with a litre of 2:1 syrup. Put the reducer into the entrance and took away the lid off the nuc that I'd left propped against the entrance. They completely ignored me being there.

Really pleased with them.

 

[Robbo8916]

Not able to get down to the bees today thanks to the sting I took to the knee yesterday. My entitre leg from the knee down is swollen to twice its normal size and I can barely walk! Not had a reaction like this before!

Bloody sore.

 

[B+.]

Visit from Daroco (and his dad) to one of my test apiaries. Isn't it annoying when you can't find the queen?

I checked the 2 hives I look after for a lady - both doing well after being requeened with daughters of 6-1-1037-2015 about a month ago (one even has a super almost full)

When I arrived home, there was a pipette of drone semen I had been waiting for from the Netherlands (but not the Queens that were posted on Tuesday) so I can spend tomorrow inseminating queens.

 

[B+.]

My entitre leg from the knee down is swollen to twice its normal size and I can barely walk! Not had a reaction like this before!

Bloody sore.

Take some antihistimine straight away.

 

[Brigsy]

Jeez! And film in landscape you nutter! Pics of leg?

 

[B+.]

I should have added this photo to post #18311 above http://www.beekeepingforum.co.uk/album.php?albumid=751&pictureid=3748

 

[Robbo8916]

Jeez! And film in landscape you nutter! Pics of leg?

Lol. Not taken any pictures as I am struggling to get my work trousers off. Hurts like a bitch though.

 

[Brigsy]

Ouch!

 

[chrisb]

Lol. Not taken any pictures as I am struggling to get my work trousers off. Hurts like a bitch though.

dont take chances, if it is not good and hurting that bad one place you should be A&E

 

[B+.]

dont take chances, if it is not good and hurting that bad one place you should be A&E

 

[Robbo8916]

dont take chances, if it is not good and hurting that bad one place you should be A&E

It has been like this all day since I got up at 4am this morning for work. Hasn't got any worse. I was going to go to the walk in centre but by the time I would have been seen it would have either sorted itself out or fallen off.

I was just surprised at the reaction because I don't usually react at all. May have exacerbated it by doing a 9 hour shift this morning constantly on my feet.

 

[nantmoel]

Visit from Daroco (and his dad) to one of my test apiaries. Isn't it annoying when you can't find the queen?

I checked the 2 hives I look after for a lady - both doing well after being requeened with daughters of 6-1-1037-2015 about a month ago (one even has a super almost full)

When I arrived home, there was a pipette of drone semen I had been waiting for from the Netherlands (but not the Queens that were posted on Tuesday) so I can spend tomorrow inseminating queens.

Are those 14x12 frames or another size?

 

[B+.]

Are those 14x12 frames or another size?

Actually...National footprint but deeper. I think they must be Commercials
I use Langstroth but this Lady had already bought these. I have only been looking after them since the spring. The origial colony swarmed. I had planned to requeen them anyway. They are both doing great now. I doubt they'll need much feeding for winter