My last post was back in July last year and as you can imagine a lot has happened since then. Firstly we have had another new addition to the family - a beautiful baby girl <3 I even managed to squeeze into my suit right up until the end!
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| beekeeping whilst pregnant |
The nucleus grew well last year despite the late start. I fed syrup to help them along and they had the opportunity to forage on ivy in October so by Autumn I was fairly confident that they had plenty of stores for winter.
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| a willing helper |
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| a good patch of brood |
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| returning to the hive after foraging on the ivy |
I had fondant on standby just in case and that went on in January. We have had a very mild winter and some colonies have kept brood overwinter therefore using up more stores than usual. Varroa mites have also had the opportunity to breed throughout winter. Just when I thought things were ok!
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| a fondant heart for valentines day |
This week I have visited the hive and started getting everything ready for this summer. I've added the supers over the 10 brood frames, very excited to have supers on at last!
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| a young beekeeper |
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| a hive of activity |
The varroa drop is higher than I expected and I will be treating the hive next week for the first time.
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