Spruce's honey bees

Jenny i was just checking the previous page and then this one to find a post from Spruce as i was thinking the exact same thing but then i came to your post lol Maybe he has knocked the unsubscribe button by mistake i do that sometimes...maybe he has done it on purpose i do that sometimes too

Should we pm him or something?

 

Ok, I will do it and include those who are concerned. So, just tell me here,
Jenny namaste

 

I think he is playing hard to get :WINK1:

 

I've just sent him a wakey wakey PM,
Jenny
5.34pm

 

He's probably busy with his Bee's seen as the sun has finally decided to show her face...lets hope hope the sun is Shining on them both

 

I actually PMd him earlier - i should have let you know Jenny but i thought i would just sit tite as he said he will be here soon once he has been to attend to his bees

 

Went to Quince's Honey Farm this morning.









Watched as a worker was stuck upside down, looked like her wing had hit something sticky. One by one, other bees tried to get her the right way up but couldn't, eventually 4 of them got together & pushed her the right way up.

 

Hahah a post box turned into a bee house love it!

 

I cant believe I have missed all these posts , nothing came up in alerts .
Thanks for all thinking of me very kind and a good example of " Care in the Community"
Jennie I was up at 5.00 am anyway !!
I will post during the week and give you the highs and lows whats been happening .

Spruce

 

I've always thought a Bear in the community would sort a lot of things out

Lows don't sound good Spruce

 

I do hope that about 4 of you will be able to get me the right way up a bit later on. All that sun and pollen has gone to my head,

 

Organising a waggle dance recovery party as I type

 

Please be gentle with me guys. All that so called "waggle dancing" is making me feel sick,

 

Update time

With all this poo weather both the hives have swarmed I normaly check every 7 days but with all the wind and rain I coudnt check them so I went on the 9th or 10th day and both hives had swarmed taking the orignal queens bee with them I have never had this in 15 years of keeping them with this year queen 2012 being young and fresh all I can put it down too is the weather.

So that left me with queen cells in both hives , not a disaster more a setback , any way to cut a very long story short I had to leave them alone for 20 days I went on Saturday hoping to find baby bee eggs and larvea , but nothing !! it may be they havnt started to lay yet or have been waiting for some sun to fly out and about attracting the lads (Drones male bees)to mate somtimes it takes a while for them to start laying.
I will go down on Wednesday and check through all the frames , I have made enquires and can get my hands on New fully fertile Welsh Queen bees that are suitable to the weather here in Wales , but alas no honey for Spruce this year.

I will make up two new (nucs) small hives and introduce the queens to the bees in small cages and then release them after two days otherwise the worker bees know its not their mother and may kill her straight away , once she has her own daughters around her I can put all the frames back into the original hives , I know it all sounds complecated and have tried my best to write it so you can understand a little easier any questions please ask .

I will keep you all posted as they are the official GC Bee Hives of the Forum.
Spruce

 

Many thanks for this interesting update Spruce. I would imagine that the difficulties your bees are experiencing may well be the same for many other bee keepers' bees. I think I will go out and buy some more honey whilst stocks last.