Wednesday, 11 July 2012

Wednesday Feeding

Yesterday Steve went to the hives with Liz.  The weather was sunshine and showers.

Hannah was back on duty today.  By the time we got there at 7pm it was a bit cooler after a warm day with showers.  The sun was still out but the hives were in shade and there wasn't much activity outside.  As over the last few days, feeder 1 was nearly empty and 2 just needed topping up.  We saw three bees that drowned in feeder 2.  However there was plenty of straw in it and we watched a bee lose her footing and then get out again using the straw.  In hive 1 we had to draw back the follower board to see the level in the feeder and few bees wanted to pop out of the top.  They all seem to be in a cluster towards the other end.

Hannah made up another 2kg batch of syrup this evening too.

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