The visit was cancelled because of the cool and damp cool weather conditions.
Peter took a load of kit out to the apiary so that its ready for when we can get out there next – hopefully in the week.
Mandy has been busy making up brood frames including a couple of nuc boxes.
The frames with foundation have been put in the stack of spare boxes by the side of the storage units.
Peter looked at topping up the syrup on the nucs. The poly nuc’s feeder was still half full so he didn’t open it to top up.
The nuc in the central hive was topped up with syrup. Its entrance block had fallen out and there were possible signs of robbing – dead bees at the entrance and more activity than might be expected. Peter put the entrance block back in plus some extra grass to close the entrance better.
There is syrup in the storage sheds for future visits.