Its been a few weeks since the last update and just so you know the shook swarm went without any problems and the bees are now in the larger brood box and have drawn out all the just wired frames and the frames with wax foundation. Also with the removal…

This is the first entry for the 2011 Bee diary and the bees are back on site and I am happy to report they have come through the winter in excellent shape much better than I was expecting and last years Queen has been spotted and present despite the bees…

Inspected the bees on Sunday and started the 2ndtreatment of Apigard just two more weeks to go and then that’s this first treatment over for the bees. I have monitored the Varroa drop by removing a tray at the at the bottom of the hive and up to now the…

Sorry for the late update on the bees. I inspected them last Sunday and started the Varroa treatments at the end of the year.   The Varroa mite is the reason bees are in trouble in the country it’s not such a problem in hives like the ones at the…

Inspected the bees today all seemed good HRH spotted and looked as regal as ever.   The bees had built a queen cup again but this is of no great concern yet, queen cups are foundations for queen cells and most hives will have them, the thing with this one…