What did you do in the Apiary today?

[TryingToLetThemBee]

Stopped by at 6am and 6 deg C to enjoy the roar (ear to the back of the floor). Still good amounts of nectar being processed. Will continue this week, although I think there is talk of another storm later.

<ADD>Better a roar, than a boar, it being an apiary and all...</ADD>

 

[user 6228]

This evening the outside temperature is dropping (6C) yet the wall temperature in the top of the hive is increasing.(27C)

got a theory?

 

[TryingToLetThemBee]

got a theory?

Insulation?

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

This evening the outside temperature is dropping (6C) yet the wall temperature in the top of the hive is increasing.(27C)

got a theory?

Insulation?

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Nothing in the apiary today - up in Tilbury doing my first stint of role playing in a basic training course.

Rather fun in a strange sort of way - baring my ar$e to an officer of the law without fear of prosecution or retribution - and getting paid for taking my clothes off!! now I know what Sam Fox felt like (I've got a better pair of t!ts though )

 

[TryingToLetThemBee]

Don't encourage me JBM... derekm, seriously, mine are working hard and I suppose they want a higher temp to evaporate the nectar.

 

[user 6228]

Insulation?

No change in the insulation... Set at full mollycoddle as usual
Yeah I thought honey ripening
Then why wait till well after dark
Are the bees just beek baiting again?

 

[Itchy]

Better dehumidifying if the outside temperature low?

 

[TryingToLetThemBee]

Better dehumidifying if the outside temperature low?

Yes, I have been wondering if they like the drier cooler air. Amazing if so.

 

[user 6228]

Better dehumidifying if the outside temperature low?

Could be. I will take this into a separate thread

 

[Itchy]

Desperately trying to remember thermodynamics I supposedly learned at college

 

[garlicpickle]

Yesterday I went down to check the hives hadn't been knocked over during the storm. Decided I would put the mouseguards on while I was there and received a sting to the leg for my trouble. Pesky thing had sneaked down my wellie.
First frost of the season on the car this morning so it was probably the right time to put the guards on.

 

[beehive1234]

Made 1st batch of Candy using David Heaf's recipe. 4 kg sugar and 800 ml water boil to 116 degrees. Or soft ball. Any hotter it starts to go brown.

 

[Brian Bush]

I went to the apiary today. Bees flying well after the frost first thing. I have dug up 5 elder bushes, trunks approx. 4 to 5in in diameter and cut down 3 more with thicker trunks. Cleared an area about 20 yds wide and 3 yards deep of all the nettles brambles etc. and I am extending the apiary into this area next Spring. I am going to have a large bonfire after have returned to trim up the elders and cut up the thickest trunks to move elsewhere. I have that good knackered feeling and I am looking forward to next year!!!!!

 

[Chris Luck]

Gazed towards the future....

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Chris

 

[Tom Bick]

Went and bedded down the two hives at Kew Gardens. Fondant on, wire mesh for the woodpeckers and straps for the badgers wished them well and told them see you in February.

 

[Erichalfbee]

I am going to have a large bonfire after have returned to trim up the elders and cut up the thickest trunks to move elsewhere.

Don't forget to check for hedgehogs

 

[Erichalfbee]

Went and bedded down the two hives at Kew Gardens. Fondant on, wire mesh for the woodpeckers and straps for the badgers wished them well and told them see you in February.

Lucky you having two hives in such a lovely location

 

[REDWOOD]

That's it (for now anyway) feeders off insulation on all looking good for the winter

 

[Tom Bick]

Lucky you having two hives in such a lovely location

Thanks it is lovely but unfortunately not my hives but belong to Kew, myself and another beekeeper share the running as volunteers and in return we get a share of the honey and a free pass to Kew any time we fancy along with a few other concessions. There are other hives in Kew and a few that belong to the gardeners so we know the pressure is on to beat them. Talking about lovely places yours seems pretty good.