We have moved! Farewell to our first apiary

So much has happened since April. We have moved apiary after being evicted from our spot in the grounds of a country house. 

We have moved in to the new apiary and alas, though it will do for now, we do not like it that much. It is a mammoth task moving a 8 beehives and all the associated gear. We had to tape up the hive late the evening before to ensure that as many bees as possible came along in the move and were not left behind. Then the following morning we were up and thinking we were going to get the hive into the back of the car and off we go! Turns out its not that simple…

Our hive is a small neat affair but the others were a bit more substantial so I really should not have been surprised when someone turned up with a trailer. Along with the trailer were three helpers, all the beekeepers, the apiary manager and the chair of the bee keeping association. Thats a-lot of people considering no-one came to say goodbye to us. Packing the trailer turned out to be very technical, a bit like BBQs are, so I didn’t get involved in that but left it to the other folk there.