Catching up

Weather: Cloudy, threatening rain
Temperature: 16C
Stings: None

The weather has continued changeable so I've been popping in over the last couple of weeks and really not had a good chance to check that they are okay. Generally I think they are. Numbers are up, they are starting to store nectar in the old brood frames and there is plenty of brood. There are lots of big daft drones around too.

Now all the bees from the old frames have emerged there is no good reason for keeping the larger frames on. Some have a small amount of stores in but most are pretty much empty. Better, I think, to swap them for a super. Something I'll do next week. The peak flow is supposed to hit at the end of this month and it'd be good to be ready for that. The older frames need sorting too. Some are too dark and old to use again but some are newer and can be readied for next year.