Hi again!
I had started a new post back in April....but it was kind of boring so decided not to upload it. But i will give you a bit of a idea what was going on during those times.
April 21
We had replaced all the broken insulators and re-tightened the fence. We then dug the battery out of the basement and hooked up the electric fence.
April 27
The girls had found their first bit of pollen. This finally made things feel like spring was on its way. By the end of the month a lot of the snow had melted.
May 1
With April behind us and most of the snow gone, we could finally get into the bee yard and start building the new hive stands. We had decided on a simple design and got to work.
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| Digging post holes for the stands |
As you can see from the photo, we brought the Bob Cat in within a few feet from the front of the hives. We worked out there digging post holes and hammering and banging around and the bees paid us no attention. They carried on with their search for pollen to fill their combs for the brood.
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| Moving day |
Once the stands were built it was time to tear apart the hives and transfer them into their brand new homes. I was so happy to get them off that nasty old stand where the melting snow had saturated the bottom board and it was a nasty wet mess inside the hive. I felt so bad for them but was glad they had survived. Lesson learnt, we won't have solid bottoms on our stands again. The girls once again tolerated us disrupting them and not once did we get any warning shots on our faces. They were pretty calm.
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| Hive stands complete and girls in their new homes |
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| New strawberry bed on the left, filled containers in the centre. The old hive boxes will be planted with Peas. |
Now that the bees are all settled in, we started getting a little vegetable "garden" done. We won't have time to build the greenhouse or set up a permanent garden this year so opted for throwing a few seeds in some old containers. I decided to set them in the bee yard since there is lots of room still. So we got that done the other day. We also had transplanted the strawberry plants into a new bed. . So hopefully the bee yard will be full of fruit tree blossoms and lots of flowers from the vegi's soon. Its going to be such a great place to bring a cuppa and just sit and relax.
Well, i hope everyone is doing good and staying healthy. Take care, chat again soon.
