tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5778387348899013256.post7456471641192139906..comments2023-11-02T13:13:10.158+00:00Comments on Derby and District Beekeeping Project - DaDBeeP: RelocationBoyd Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08443490283864265549noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5778387348899013256.post-68304025037407949272012-05-18T18:07:07.433+01:002012-05-18T18:07:07.433+01:00Boyd ,
good morning .....good to keep hearing how...Boyd , <br />good morning .....good to keep hearing how things are going ...I keep reading the blog and just now I really wanted to reply to Shanes photos but I dont know which "profile" to click on .......probably I am doing something wrong as I am not clever with computers .....so I cannot submit a reply ....sadly , as you say there are simply not enough bees , I was hoping to ask Shane if he had spotted the queen ......and to suggest that if there were once many more bees perhaps they had infact swarmed just before his relocation activity <br /><br />must go to work , but at the end of the day I am planning , if the sun is out , to go and watch my hives for a while ....apparetly there are lots of swarms about but not so in Market Harborough ......<br /><br />best wishes , <br /><br />MariseBoyd Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18259045888755350872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5778387348899013256.post-63966412688749183802012-05-18T06:52:43.372+01:002012-05-18T06:52:43.372+01:00Hi Shane
Glad that you felt able to do the job you...Hi Shane<br />Glad that you felt able to do the job yourself, and excellent photographs, but I have a bad feeling about this. It looks as if this lillte nucleus has built some new comb, which is good, but there appears to be very little stored honey (Picture 1) and almost no brood (apart from a very few cells in Picture 2). I remember saying to you at the time of the split that it will take about six weeks before we know if it has been successfull and sadly I fear that it is almost at the point where this colony will just fade away! Obviously I will help you out as much as I can by giving you more bees and comb, but the weather needs to improve before we can do it; I suspect that when we do get an oppotunity the hive will be empty. Unfortunately not a brilliant result, but hopefully we have both learnt something from it, and we can try again.<br /><br />Regards<br />BoydBoyd Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18259045888755350872noreply@blogger.com