The weather has been so bad and is forecast to be the same for at least the next few days, in this knowledge I decided to take a quick peek into a couple of hives. It wasn't warm enough and it was too windy, but I was getting increasingly concerned at what I might eventually find, so I caved in, put on my suit and chose two hives at random
There has been so little flying that it was not possible to know what I was likely to find, but to my absolute surprise both hives are heaving with bees, brood and stores. I have no idea where or when they collected it all, but I have had to remove a couple of frames of stores to give the queens some laying room.
If all my colonies are in this condition I will consider myself extremely lucky, And with the early queens arriving over the next few weeks I just need a couple of reasonable days so that I can introduce them into my nucs.
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