Yesterday I was checking on some colonies and it's apparent - as it happens every year - that there is little food about and lots of bees so as I checked a few colonies, bees were following me around the apiary as I opened hives up.
There are some wasps about too.
I gave up in the end as the pandemonium where bees are looking for anything they can find, can result in them breaking and entering small colonies that cannot defend themselves which subsequently get destroyed.
I did check a couple of mini plus nucs first and their queen have started to lay - just - so they have been able to get out in between the rain, when the sun was shining and it was warm enough.
There are some wasps about too.
I gave up in the end as the pandemonium where bees are looking for anything they can find, can result in them breaking and entering small colonies that cannot defend themselves which subsequently get destroyed.
I did check a couple of mini plus nucs first and their queen have started to lay - just - so they have been able to get out in between the rain, when the sun was shining and it was warm enough.
May your bees read the same books as you do.