My Old Costessy apiary hasn't had a visit for some time now. It was fairly early in January (Jan11th) when I made a trip out there to give them all a fist sized lump of fondant.
Today they were buzzing! The bees were really active with a traffic jam at the mouse guarded entrance to each hive. They were taking in pollen - a positive sign of a laying queen inside. Two of the four hives had completely finished the fondant. So should I start feeding these hives with syrup now?
The hives a Postwick were also pretty active with the exception of two of them. The two inactive hives had bees in there OK (I checked) but the bees did not want to fly.
All three hives at Thorpe had flying bees.
It was late by the time I got to check the Bluebell Road UEA bees. Too late to see them flying. The hive that was tipped over in the winter has used up a bucket of feed already this year.
I was introduced to a single frame traveling box for the first time today. I will have gotten used to using them later in the year once I have finished shaking bees into the ten of them. The ten boxes are now sitting in the allotment with my spare supers.
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