I dropped into the lottie and fixed the leak on the new trough. The new chap was tending his plot. I said hello. He wanted to talk but I had yet to visit the bees.
I trundled over to the bees via the petrol station for this months quota of fuel. The weather was perfect, sunny yet not blisteringly so with a gentle breeze. I am happy to report that both hives are doing very well. The bees are drawing wax and making honey. The smaller colony is filling out nicely. The larger colony is showing signs of swarming. I must go again on Saturday and sort them out. In the week since I put the fresh super the bees have drawn out most of the frames and filling them with honey. There is a very well placed queen cell which will form the basis of the new colony.
After the bees I went on the search for Elderflowers in bloom. I found a green lane which I trundled down and was rewarded with a massive hedge studded with elderflower. I got a big basket of flowers in a short forage. As I collected the flowers I was showered with pollen. Luckily I am not sensitive to pollen. But I am sensitive to nettles and got stung royally for my troubles. When I got home a set about making Elderflower and wine and champagne. H had got some elderflower too but made elderflower cordial.
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