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Bees super busy today!

Yeah exactly the same here,best flow i've ever seen.

A split i made 2 weeks ago swarmed today,my fault as i was planning on doing a bailey on it so had a fresh brood box on top of them then they made swarm preps so I used that fresh partly drawn box for the Q+ part but failed to check for eggs . Turns out it had 4 frames of eggs so that's why i'm...

Popped the crownboards to check the progress in the supers on about 10 of mine. Very happy with what I saw,most supers around 80% full (hawthorn and sycamore) and still another 3 days of great weather to go. It's going to be a good spring harvest which is pretty astonishing considering they were...

Seeing eggs for the first time from a newly mated Q always cheers me up.

Very quick check of 14 at the home apiary, I only did them 5 days ago but there were a couple of splits that needed cells thinning out so I thaught I may as well do them all. No new swarming but bees super busy, the empty supers I put on 5 days ago are around 1/2 full already! Added 6 more...

Yeah sorry it's what my dad used to call it before the modern day version

original Q ,1 frame of brood and 8 frames of bees into a poly nuc taken to new location and added to empty hive.

Went to the apiary that was a disaster zone last visit with hungry bees and queens off lay. SO much better today,all queens laying well and they're piling in the nectar,added wet supers last week to stop them starving but some of these are now full so had to add 2nd supers. Only 1 out of 8...

Inspected one I have in a mates garden it was strong last time I ckecked it a week ago so was expecting to see cells today. It's an incredibly strong brood 1/2 and had brood on 20 out of 22 frames but no swarm cells! Last week there was 5lbs of honey over the 2 supers it was up to 35lbs today...

Helped inspect 2 new hives a complete novice local farmer had bought last week. Hive 1 single brood 20+ capped q cells, 2 hatches and saw 1 virgin.Found and clipped and marked the Q and put her in a new box of foundation in original site .Destroyed all cells in original box and moved to side...

Wow what a difference (literally) a day makes,bees on the brink of starvation the last few days but now it's warmed up bees are in a frenzy! Fresh nectar pouring into the hives (mostly hawthorn), queens starting to lay again and will be turning their attention to swarming very soon I suspect...

Inspected 2 of my out Apiaries today. Site 1 (8 hives) One word -DIRE! All very low on stores to the brink of starvation Queens laying in 2 but the other 6 have shut down and a couple didn't even have any sealed brood (but no cells so I think they are Q+) One had decided to swarm even though it...

Lots of reports of hungry bees,mine are the same and some of my Q's have slowed right down laying,there is a trickle of dandelion nectar coming in here which is keeping them going. Saw a utube vid from C Manton a beefarmer whos bees are so hungry they're canibalising the brood,we need some...

Probably no panic to feed,most nuc's come with a frame or 2 of stores