What did you do in the Apiary today?

[Fritillary]

One....left. ;-)
I try very hard but often misplace items of equipment. Sometimes, they turn up again. Sometimes they don't.

I no longer believe in 'inanimate objects'.
- This has made sense of a quite a lot in my world.

 

[Hachi]

I no longer believe in 'inanimate objects'.
- This has made sense of a quite a lot in my world.

The male of the species has never been inanimate..... stupid yes, ......... inanimate...never

 

[user 6228]

today we are listening to the thud of scout bees measuring the internal dimensions of a bait hive as they fly across it inside.
One, two, three, Ouch!!! One, two, three, Ouch!!! One, two, Ouch!!! thats 40 litres

 

[B+.]

Queen cells emerging in the incubator (12 so far) today. I feel like an expectant father!

 

[piggy]

rhubarb leaves

I put some rhubarb leaves on top of brood box today, worth a go!

Any one else tried using this method, as described in beekeepers quarterly

 

[alldigging]

My hive tool is bright yellow...

As is mine.
But the insert in the top of my toolbox is yellow so when someone else put my hive tool away for me I couldn't see it!

 

[beeno]

One of my larger colonies getting rid of drones.

 

[B+.]

Have you ever had that feeling that you're going nuts?
I put my hive tool down somewhere and I can't remember which apiary it was at :-(
Lucky I have a spare

See! I told you it would turn up (under the drivers seat in the car)!
Its always your favorite tools you miss the most when they go missing.

 

[Erichalfbee]

See! I told you it would turn up (under the drivers seat in the car)!

I once, after a very long search, found my mobile in the microwave

 

[B+.]

I once, after a very long search, found my mobile in the microwave

Thats worse than putting it through the washing machine (a friend of mine did that).

 

[einsteinagogo]

I'm Back - re-opened Apiary #1

I'm Back - re-opened Apiary #1 - and hived these that turned up on my Blue Recycle Bin!

Hived into a national, with solid floor, reduced entrance, 11 frames of foundation, clear crown board, roof - on a metal stand.

I've done my bit as a Beekeeper, now lets hope they like my new home and stay.

I must clear the nettles over the weekend, which are about 8 foot high, and somewhere in the nettles, there are some mini nucs!

Not to self, Register Apiary again with whatever NBU call themselves these days!

 

[Fritillary]

Aaw - poor bees! How often do we think/read... bees have been around for [however many] years... bees know best... etc.... and then you see a snap like this: reduced to cuddling up to a rubbish bin. So glad to hear you've given them a good home!

 

[Tonyatcwfarm]

hived a large swarm at 2pm just as I was heading out to work
Still in the box when I got home so just transferred them to apiary 3 miles away
Will run through the hives in the morning to see if it's from one of mine
The smell of hawthorn is as pungent in the apiary as the ivy last autumn

 

[einsteinagogo]

checked this morning orientation flights, lots of bees at the reduced entrance, quick peek through clear cover board, bees present.

stay away now for 1 week.

 

[Erichalfbee]

checked this morning orientation flights, lots of bees at the reduced entrance, quick peek through clear cover board, bees present.

stay away now for 1 week.

6 days then vape?

 

[einsteinagogo]

yes, vape equipment to hand....and ready to go....need to check that mice have no eaten that, found a hood on a bee suit with a bloody great hole in it, eaten by mice!

I used to trickle swarms, but moved on a bit now! Does anybody still trickle ?

as this is currently only colony of bees, want to go slowly and don't want them to abscond.

 

[SaraR]

Aaw - poor bees! How often do we think/read... bees have been around for [however many] years... bees know best... etc.... and then you see a snap like this: reduced to cuddling up to a rubbish bin. So glad to hear you've given them a good home!

Who knows it might be the next big thing - the wheelie bin hive ;D

 

[protheroe]

Lovely weather but little nectar going in.bees really aggressive.watched bees on mayflower but that's coming to an end but on a brighter note the blackberry buds are there so hopefully there will only be a short gap this year

 

[Erichalfbee]

With all the various colonies in various stages of AS or not, today is the only day of the week I don't have bees to wrangle.............
What a treat!

Does anybody still trickle ?

Finman?

 

[Monsieur Abeille]

One colony is (I hope) waiting for a queen to get going, but brood box getting overladen with stores so swapped a couple out for foundation