Friday, 29 March 2013

Bees looking good :-), a salutary bee warning though

The weather wasn't so bad this morning, still nowhere near the 10 degs the bees demand, but the sun was making a bit of an effort, the hive was in the sun so time to put my mind at rest and feed the ladies.
First problem, icing fondant had gone hard in packet, ten seconds on microwave solved that, rolled out a thin sheet, ok no roller so whacked it a bit!
Dusted off the bee suit, wonder if my new neighbours will be twitching their net curtains :). Then a quick smash and grab in hive so as not to disturb the ladies beauty sleep too much, pleasant surprise they were pretty active and were soon flying.

Fondant in so I'm a bit happier, then I spotted this gentleman on the landing board, looking a bit disgruntled after having been disturbed, I am sure he will appreciate his breakfast in bed tomorrow morning.
But the plus side is if there are drones "Queen no 63", (must think of a better name for her), is laying eggs, good girl, go for it milady, I want 50,000 bees in there this year :).
Oh yes a word of warning, if you are going to wear just a bee smock, don't wear jeans with button up fly jeans! I wondered what was vibrating down there when making a coffee afterwards, near disaster averted and my guest returned to her correct home :)
But all in all a much happier beekeeper today, but still fingers are crossed.

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