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Saturday and a little more mild here in Oxon.
Went over to the plot at mid day and how happy it made me!!!!!
The sun was out and no howling bitter gale blowing, all was warm and still.
To my delight..... out they came
Quite a few bees flying.....that's better - at last.
I did not see any bringing back pollen though, this is what I am waiting for most of all, it can mean all is well and the queen is starting to lay eggs, even so I must take care that they have enough food when this happens. It's easy for them to starve this time of year, lots of little bee mouths to feed and more often than not - awful weather and few flowers to forage from.
Just need more warm still moments like this please.
Still to cold to open the hive and go through them though.
Went over to the plot at mid day and how happy it made me!!!!!
The sun was out and no howling bitter gale blowing, all was warm and still.
To my delight..... out they came
Quite a few bees flying.....that's better - at last. I did not see any bringing back pollen though, this is what I am waiting for most of all, it can mean all is well and the queen is starting to lay eggs, even so I must take care that they have enough food when this happens. It's easy for them to starve this time of year, lots of little bee mouths to feed and more often than not - awful weather and few flowers to forage from.
Just need more warm still moments like this please.
Still to cold to open the hive and go through them though.
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