So here we are now at post 4 part 2, following the ones from 9th March, 4th April, 10th April and 22nd May. Unfortunately life with bees isn’t a linear one; hence the variety of dates and times used. But thankfully thanks to the iPhone we can catch these fantastic events on video.
As ever it’s all with gratitude to Lisa McKenzie who is keeping the Co-Treetment team updated from her visits to the field in Thringstone, where our apiary resides.
So across the way from where Lisa McKenzie had spotted swarm number 1, there was swarm number 2. A bit smaller this time, but worthy of further investigation.
It’s likely to have a Queen, and indeed with the power of zoom, Lisa found her; not only did she find her she was able to identify her as ours, one that had escaped – 21 seconds in and there she is; the Queen. Lisa was able to capture the Queen in a specially designed Queen trap (who knew), which you can view at 50 seconds in the attached video. Popping the Queen into a 3rd nuc meant the bees would follow her into it.
With that in mind, the swarm was moved to our one remaining nuc, the others were at the time being cleaned. It was locally manufactured by a now retired beekeeper and whilst it was a bit shoddy, the nuc was very useful.
And there it is, post 4 part 2, a Queen returned to a nuc with her followers joining her.
As is typical for us, we are once again talking about the beauty of bees, how they are doing, and what the future for our apiary is. We are so excited!
We find it very interesting, and hopefully you will as well.
For those wanting to learn more about bees then don’t hesitate to contact David, The Bee Farmer, McDowell using the details on the website link https://lnkd.in/eGD4fXrX and if you’d like to see more about Co-Treetment then use the link here https://lnkd.in/eqa4BEbX
And if you have liked what we have posted, then watch out for further updates which we’ll aim to post out regularly.
Simon Evans MBA
Darrell Taylor
Keith Cox
David, The Bee Farmer, McDowell
Mugogo Mark
Kisaamo Emmanuel Solomon
