There is a potential that swarming could occur earlier this year due to the fantastic weather we’ve had so far! Having inspected a hive today the bees had already started building queen cells, so we carried out an artificial swarm. An artificial swarm involves walking away from the site to …
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At last we have some good weather that is enabling bees to get out and forage. However, please make sure that they have a supply of water nearby. On the downside, bees are swarming so keep watching for signs of this happening. We inspected one hive and found 8 capped …
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