It was a bright sunny day after days of wind and rain. A check of the apiaries was in order. Willow(2)09 at the Bluebell road UEA Permaculture apiary has had an unwanted visit. The bucket feeder was laying by the hive empty with it's lid off and the brood box had the crown board off. I put the hive back together and seeing the size of the wooden poles left near by I fear for the other two hives. I will now need to visit this site frequently throughout the winter.
The bees in the bigger hives at Old Costessy were taking pollen in. One hive there still had a box feeder on . I took it off and replaced it with a block of fondant.
It was getting too late to see bees flying at Postwick but the hives there seem to be OK and all had fondant.
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
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