The bees are getting busy. One hive is absolutely thriving. It is showing signs of swarming so I put the hive on to double brood. The box has a lot of foundation so I can only hope the bees will draw it out quickly enough. The artificial swarmed hive has had the queen emerge and she is laying. There is tons of honey on the hive but the bees are not drawing the foundation. I put another super on and hope that the bees will decide to get drawing. The Queen in the last hive has died but luckily there are a couple of sealed queen cells so I will leave them to run their course.
I set up a fourth hive and hope it will act as a bait hive for a swarm. The bees look very healthy and despite the upheaval I caused they were calm. When I finished and as I walked back to Degsy I decided I should cut the grass round the apiary. I left my bee suit on and with the shears I had in Degsy I worked round the apiary on my knees cutting the grass. I hope the bees appreciate it. I am going to have to etract some honey soon as I am running out of suppers.
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