It's a warmish day - about 11c - with light westerly winds and pleasant sunshine.
I noticed that the bees in the three hives in the garden were active, so Mrs Novice and I went on a bike trip around the other hive sites (about a seven mile round trip).
The polyhives on top the containers at the edge of the field are a-buzzin'. In December when I applied Oxalic Acid (as a varroa treatment), the polyhive with the plastic frames was the most populated - and today it had a thick stream of bees waiting to get back in through the single bee-space that I had allowed them (to keep out wasps, at first, and then mice).
So all is good. I will give them a feed in a couple of weeks and add in some pollen substitute to encourage the queen to get laying.
I noticed that the bees in the three hives in the garden were active, so Mrs Novice and I went on a bike trip around the other hive sites (about a seven mile round trip).
The polyhives on top the containers at the edge of the field are a-buzzin'. In December when I applied Oxalic Acid (as a varroa treatment), the polyhive with the plastic frames was the most populated - and today it had a thick stream of bees waiting to get back in through the single bee-space that I had allowed them (to keep out wasps, at first, and then mice).
So all is good. I will give them a feed in a couple of weeks and add in some pollen substitute to encourage the queen to get laying.
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