Warm day - calm - sunny. All hives buzzing so I decided to
lift each roof to assess what was going on.
Blue and Red have some candy left from early Spring feeding.
Yellow and Silver have very small amount. Keep an eye on these.
All colonies bringing in pollen from daffs., pansies, pushkinia and some willow. This tells me that all 4 Queen bees have started laying as the worker bees need pollen to make bee-bread to feed the young.
Hopefully the honey bees can get building up their colonies now - if this weather holds.
I love the blog, great idea! and the photos! It looks like an amazing cake. Our bees have survived their first winter (sigh of relief), it's an inexplicably good feeling to see them flying across the garden and returning with bags of pollen. The first few inspections have been a joy seeing them building the colony. Here's hoping for continued bee friendly weather! Sam
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