Wednesday 5th - Sunday 9th September 2013 Preparation & Hive inspection

Wednesday 5th September ~ Porters on

 We put the crown board between the two supers tonight and put porter escapes in place ready to remove the empty super on Friday.

Hive Inspection

 Capped Honey and more being worked on

Nice bit of honey with yellow cappings from being walked over with pollen laden feet!

A nice cluster of bees on an outer frame ~ no idea what they were doing except maybe being lazy and keeping each other warm 

!! 

Cluster

Good amount of sealed brood

Honey & Nectar

 

What a lot of bees!

It is amazing how heavy this is. 

Queeny

A playcup and a possible Supercedure Queen Cell

 So, we took off the now empty super and prepared it for winter storage ~ we hope!

Deep frozen overnight and then double wrapped in cling film then back in the box before being sealed into a bin bag. We hope this is enough