Shopping and making a swarm box

On Saturday, Gil and Hannah spent an unpleasant couple of hours shopping in south Leeds for bee stuff.  Along with admin tasks, this one of the harder bits of our bee journey so far.  Reminder to self - don't leave things until the last minute so you then have to visit the White Rose Centre.  We bought a big plant pot, some planed timber, milk powder and soya flour.

Here's what the plant pot is meant for.  When we finish the top bars and make an entrance hole, this box can be used for transporting a swarm. In theory the swarm bees will build comb quickly so it's better for us if they do it on some top bars that we can transfer easily into one of our hives.  This will help us with swarm control of our existing bees and/or collecting a swarm if one turns up.