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, 12 May 2012
My First Swarm
After coming back from allotment,Linda said to me which was about 10am that the bees were everywhere, and from the house there was a very loud buzzing, \Linda said it was like a black cloud , then about 20 mins later it was all what seemed back to normal.
It was about 2pm when i returned from my allotment and i happen to go to the top of the garden and in a bush about 5 ft of the ground was a swarm, my swarm,oh no my babies have gone.
I was not geared up to deal with the swarm as i did not have the right equipment, so called my mate who was on holiday, so called second mate John.
Swarm collected safely and placed in his new hive which was empty, i did not mind as i knew my second hive of bees will be here soon, but we have learnt what to do with a swarm.
I now just have to wait and see if my hive will re-queen and pick up.
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