Honey At Last!!

On Saturday we inspected all 3 hive at Waxwings, Jill and Rob donned the suits and joined us. The hive we had moved- now W3- looked good, brood in all stages and plenty of stores. The move did not seem to have done any harm and they have settled well on the new site. We put a super on as there were bees on 10 frames in the brood box and the forage at the moment looks fine.
The other 2 hives were also looking great, especially W1 which had a super added last week- and today there was honey being stored on 5 frames, very satisfying!!

Rebecca phoned to tell me that she had spoken to beekeepers in Portsmouth at an Eco event- there they were having similar problems to Notts Beekeepers in that they had more swarming than normal, colonies that appeared queenless and also worries that the nectar flow had been badly affected by the dry weather.