So the winter is on its way and Autumn definitely nearly upon us! sorry to throw that in the mix but there are other issues afoot and the bees are not in a great place to get through the coming months
So! today me and Flic took the decision to merge a queen-less hive with a queen-right hive
Bit confusing because the one without a queen is on the right
Process is (in a nutshell) putting the Queenless one above the Queen right one and put a piece of newspaper between the two
Once they have chewed through the paper and all said “Hello” they theoretically should all be one big happy harem (having got rid of all the blokes “Drones” ) and should get through the winter and be fighting fit for next spring after many feeds by me.
GREAT!!!
Then I noticed that the print on the newspaper intimated that they were going to get Necter points for the house move!!! Made me laugh and I swear this was not a set up and pure coincidence!!
Hope they get through all the trauma of the move as I cannot cope with 50,000 Ladies being stressed about the house move!!! I love them all but cannot afford the court costs
all the best
Ian