Bees are out in the sun today

We checked the bees today, they are busy building comb, the queens in both hives are looking good and laying eggs, larvae are already developing. This is all good, though a spell of cold weather won’t be good now as the bees might realise too late. However there is lots of forage out and about and we have decided to put supers on both hives. The super is the box holding the frames that the honey.

We have to make sure that the brood box with the eggs and larvae where the queen is laying has at least 6 or 7 frames in it before putting the supers on as the bees will build comb in the same pattern. So, basically if you have 3 or 4 frames in the brood box with eggs you will only get 3 or 4 frames of honey in the super.

It was easy to spot the queens with their bright red dots, see if you can see them in the pictures.

Hubby took the bees out today and due to a bit of sticking of frames one became slightly damaged. You can see though the larvae in the cells looking well developed, these cells may well be repaired as the bees will look after them. I think its a good picture, I didn’t take it, Hubby did though he is undecided about entering it into the village show next week.

Village show? Oh yes, it will be fab! I’m all green wellies (actually they have bees on) and Barbour (they don’t do my size). The decorated eggs are ready with cress in (by the littlest bee keeper) and boy beekeeper has his handicraft ready (pencil case made at school). I am going to storm the show with my homemade Lemon Curd. No, I have never made it before, but this didn’t stop the winner of Masterchef who hadn’t practised her rabbit! It will all be absolutely fabulous, darling.