Posts Tagged “The seasons”
We might not be having the most glorious Spring weather, but the colony is certainly progressing well. Most importantly, the new queen has been let out of her cage, was accepted by the colony, and has started laying eggs! #result I have to admit I wasn’t quite expecting to manage a swarm this year, nor […]
Sadly when the bees swarmed last weekend, collected and put back in the box, the queen was lost. I can’t be certain how she was lost, but this is no time for mourning. The important thing now she’s gone is to get a queen into the hive. There are a few methods to re-queen a […]
Saturday was a mixed bag for me. After a demoralising thumping 4-2 by relegated Reading over Fulham, I wanted to see how the bees were doing with the Snelgrove board. My first impressions were how calm the bees were. “This Snelgrove board is really doing the trick”, I proudly thought to myself. Then I realised how […]
Things have been happening pretty fast in the hive this week. The lovely Spring weather (if not a little late) has made the population boom! in the colony – and the bees have also been growing new queens. New queens are good if you want another hive and it’s the natural way the colony reproduces. […]