Friday 15 April 2011

Early Season

With an excellent March, and good weather in early April The bees this year have got off to a flyer.

With three sessions already taken place down at the apiary there has been much activity  - but so much more to do some highlights.
  • First splits on a by splitting a double brood into two boxes because of several well formed queens cells on 15/04
  • Bailey comb change started on another strong colony 15/04
  • one colony has a queen cell capped and ready to hatch - suspect supersedure the queen is not the best 15/04
  • one colony sold 07/04
  • Many supers added 07/04 & 15/04
  • Two samples taken to test for nosema in the weaker hive 15/04  (test to do)
  • Some strange manipulation on another double hive to enable us to get rid of some old brood comb - yet to get the full tale. 15/04
  • New clean box give to one hive 10/04  - many more to do.
 There is so much to do that I don't have time to write more...