My wife and I have become interested in keeping bees after a visit to friends in France, we are both complete novices and just starting out. . We have decided this is best time for us to start so we can organize ourselves slowly into starting of this wonderful venture and hobby. I will be keeping the hive at the bottom of our back garden, were I am preparing the area in readiness to place the hive.
Saturday, 21 April 2012
Le-Pige Full Hive Check
Checked the hive Le_Pige and the temperature was 13 Centigrade and time was 11:45am so I managed to go through the whole hive.
Checked the super and stores coming in probably ½ the super with stores.
Started on the brood box , 11 frames all showing brood, capped and stores I located the queen on frame 10 which I was pleased to see even though I have brood and knew she was about.
Well the bees were really calm so no need to smoke them though I had smoker nearby, but just as I was finishing they did get the ump but that was my fault as one of the brood frames fell out of me hand and hit the brood box so apart from that well pleased with the day.
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