In my last post, I wrote that seven hives had made it through the winter. Having now inspected all the hives, there are only six viable hives. The seventh, a swarm from June 2011, has weakened and is now queenless.
There are signs of starvation, so it looks like I didn't feed them soon enough.
The best colony is the polyhive with (traditional beekeepers look away now, take a blood-pressure pill) plastic frames. I have added a super of plastic frames to it.
The Oil Seed Rape in now in flower -- and there are two large fields of it near my out-apiary that has three good hives. So I'm hoping for a bumper crop.
There are signs of starvation, so it looks like I didn't feed them soon enough.
The best colony is the polyhive with (traditional beekeepers look away now, take a blood-pressure pill) plastic frames. I have added a super of plastic frames to it.
The Oil Seed Rape in now in flower -- and there are two large fields of it near my out-apiary that has three good hives. So I'm hoping for a bumper crop.
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