Comment of the day from the misses "The wind has blown the wind away, you can get the bees done now"
inspected what I could then the heavens opened.
no1 all ok loads of brood all stages plenty stores but still not bringing in honey (GM queen arriving next wednesday for this)
No2 re-queened on wednesday with a Buckfast from wild yorks honey, all capped brood now emerged but queen not yet laying, given syrup in frame feeder to help build new foundation.
No5 5 frame nuc of a split from a friends overflowing colony, about 8 queen cells at least 2 charged......then the rain came, fed syrup and shut up.
inspected what I could then the heavens opened.
no1 all ok loads of brood all stages plenty stores but still not bringing in honey (GM queen arriving next wednesday for this)
No2 re-queened on wednesday with a Buckfast from wild yorks honey, all capped brood now emerged but queen not yet laying, given syrup in frame feeder to help build new foundation.
No5 5 frame nuc of a split from a friends overflowing colony, about 8 queen cells at least 2 charged......then the rain came, fed syrup and shut up.