Well it seems like there will be no honey this year, this new colony has struggled a bit, and now there is no Queen, can only think she swarmed when I was on holiday, they say beekeepers should never go away in swarming season, but bugger that, I needed some sun :-).
I looked last weekend and there were some empty queen cells which should mean that there would be a new queen, but no sign, was too early for her to start laying eggs, there were also three queen cells unopened. Today all queen cells are open and still no queen, will give it one more week and then I will order a new queen online and get her posted to work. £35, but it's the only way the colony stands an outside chance of surviving.
That should be fun, hope nobody opens my post in error that day!
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Well if a chef can do it why can't a beekeeper, ok not quite a beekeeper yet, but it's the thought that counts:)
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