Thursday, October 22, 2009

Ringland Apiary, Old Costessy

There are four hives in the Ringland apiary. Laburnham, Midnight, Greengage83 (brood box 3), and a 2009 daughter of Tina and today I gave them all a treatment of thymol and put a mouse guard over the entrance to each hive. I put a block of fondant on both Midnight and Greengage's crown board. The other two hives had a block put on some weeks ago.

In Old Costessy I gave the hive on bricks a block of fondant.

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Suffolk bees Autum

The last time I visited the three hives in Suffolk was in June

Today I gave them each a block of fondant, a mouse guard and a sprinkling of Thymol crystals.