It?s swarming season for sure.
I?ve been away as well, left my swarm management a little late. Onto it now.
It?s exciting to see the bees expanding and finding plenty of pollen colors in the frames. Not to mention the honey boxes I needed to harvest. Takes a hobby into the work range. And it?s barely spring yet.
After our fire and drought season 2019, it brings back the joy for expansion to the bees.
Due to COVID, Australia post can?t deal with online deliveries. My son ordered some boxes for his hives, waiting now for 4 weeks. So I gave him some of mine. Which almost leaves me short soon.
Our area is out of lockdown for now, no cases ever here, but you can?t count on deliveries of online orders.
Wonder, if I ordered queens for postal delivery, would they ever arrive?
So, at the moment I?m relying on my splits to make awesome queens. Plenty pollen and nectar around.
1 in 20 will produce an angry queen that needs replacing. All in all, we seem to have good bee genetics around. 🤞
Strange to think beekeeping in the northern hemisphere is ready to go into hibernation. Well, here in the subtropics, the bees never stop.
Thanks for asking Ben. Made me ponder.
Just had some amazing honey aroma wafting through my open windows.