It has been a productive weekend! Jon and I unloaded the latest delivery of hive parts and assembled all the boxes. The painting has now begun but is time consuming considering we have 60 to do, add to this 20 roofs and floors and it is quite a job.I'll be spendng all Tuesday at the farm so should be able to get a further chunk done before packing them away until needed. Some people have asked me about what the hives are made of. I now only use polystyrene hives as I think th

Making up frames for the bees is quite a time consuming activity when you imagine each colony needs 9 or 10 frames in the brood box and then the same in each super (you can end up adding 3 or 4 supers during a season). My poor wife does end up havng to put up with consistent tapping as I nail them up and the boxes of frames and wax that litter the place. I'm quite grateful she's so tolerant! I have placated the situation somewhat this year with the purchase of a nailgun which