Let's just say the weather was mixed, shall we? So anyone apart from me, Richard the Younger, Phillip and Graham D was probably sensible in staying away.
We all enjoyed a brief, Malteser-laden visit from Em II and Boogie - he said he hoped to be with us again soon and promised to bring Em with him.
Both hives are now populated again but our buzzy friends were pretty quiet (apparently they don't like rain, so I have something in common with bees after all) as, thankfully, were the Pateley midges, altho' Graham said that he 'sensed' them.
Continuing moderate progress on the wall. We're at the tricky uphill stage now but our strategy seems to be working.
Please let summer come soon!
Wednesday 27 June 2012
Thursday 21 June 2012
Two for the price of one (weeks, that is)
Sorry I forgot to blog last week and apologies to those who showed up on 13th June because I've forgotten who did and who didn't ... apart from Robert, that is, who joined us for the first time in many a long month. Welcome back and I hope you're able to get more time off before we run out of walls.
The bees, although only recently decanted into their new homes, were very well behaved and only mildly curious about our comings and goings. Not so the midges which were a complete pain in the butt and anything else they could get their itchy little feet/teeth/fangs into. Aaarggh!
Good progress on the wall though, as evidenced by Tony's separately loaded photos.
Yesterday (20th June) is clearer to my fading grey matter. A beautiful, warm, sunny day (yes, we did have a summer one day this year!) and Tony, Emma, Roger, Phillip, Paul, and the Richards for company. Only one hive still occupied (altho' Kit whizzed off to collect a new swarm in the afternoon) and the bees plagued Richard the Y but left the rest of us alone.
The lower end of the wall is now up to full height and the remainder is coming on well altho' the uphill middle section is still presenting challenges.
Photos below courtesy of Richard the E.
The bees, although only recently decanted into their new homes, were very well behaved and only mildly curious about our comings and goings. Not so the midges which were a complete pain in the butt and anything else they could get their itchy little feet/teeth/fangs into. Aaarggh!
Good progress on the wall though, as evidenced by Tony's separately loaded photos.
Yesterday (20th June) is clearer to my fading grey matter. A beautiful, warm, sunny day (yes, we did have a summer one day this year!) and Tony, Emma, Roger, Phillip, Paul, and the Richards for company. Only one hive still occupied (altho' Kit whizzed off to collect a new swarm in the afternoon) and the bees plagued Richard the Y but left the rest of us alone.
The lower end of the wall is now up to full height and the remainder is coming on well altho' the uphill middle section is still presenting challenges.
Photos below courtesy of Richard the E.
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