What did you do in the Apiary today?

[pargyle]

Not a lot today ... the 'strong breeze' blew over a stack of empty nucs - fortunately no damage done and I was going to move them anyway. Heavy rain and heavy gusts most of the afternoon and into this evening. Got soaked taking the dog for a walk .. he wasn't that enamoured with the weather either ...

 

[Erichalfbee]

he wasn't that enamoured with the weather either ...

Ours refused to go out

 

[pargyle]

Ours refused to go out

Can't say that I blame him ! We walked down the side of the Titchfield canal and the wind was so strong it was blowing the leaves on the surface in the opposite direction to the current ! Spark was really spooked by this - he clearly knew which way they should be moving and stood on the bank watching them and growling and then looking at me to see what I thought about this oddity !

 

[Moobee]

You look rightfully pleased behind a great display. Well done.
It must have been tedious labelling all those small jars though?

Actually not too bad!

 

[Curly green finger's]

Been out to pick two nucs one was 15 metres from its stand the other just tipped on its side, the one that had obviously rolled over down the field was frozen together luckily, I managed to get the roof off and the bees are still alive .
The other one was a small 3 frame and aren’t alive

 

[E&MBees]

Tried to get to one apiary to check on a nuc which is 4 brood boxes tall. It’s well strapped with two straps and the stand is strapped to concrete blocks but it is a bit exposed. Had to turn back due to bad flooding, impassable in my little Jazz, although other cars were attempting it. In the 5 mins it took to turn around, another stretch of road that had a large puddle was almost impassable too. I’ll have to hope for the best.

 

[JamezF]

Tried to get to one apiary to check on a nuc which is 4 brood boxes tall. It’s well strapped with two straps and the stand is strapped to concrete blocks but it is a bit exposed. Had to turn back due to bad flooding, impassable in my little Jazz, although other cars were attempting it. In the 5 mins it took to turn around, another stretch of road that had a large puddle was almost impassable too. I’ll have to hope for the best.

Lots of flooding around here too, according to reports on the local news. I shall try to check on mine tomorrow as long as it's possible to get through the muddy fields -- even walking on them is a bit iffy at the moment.

James

 

[Newbeeneil]

Checked most of mine except the sheltered ones and the ones strapped down to a paving stone. A client's empty WBC was over so I tidied that up and replaced a couple of Correx roofs in my isolation apiary.