Today I visited the apiary to see how my Bees were settling in to their new home. Before going I made up some syrup to feed them; this is done to help the Bees get off to as best start as possible meaning they can concentrate on building wax comb rather than foraging. The syrup was a 1:1 ratio which means 1kg of sugar to 1 litre of water, but today I made 2:2 which made just over 3 litres.
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| The 3 litre pop bottle was full to the brim with syrup and I still had to take a small container to take the rest! |
When I got to the allotment I put my suit on and headed to the apiary. My Dad called me earlier to say he had been up there today and put a door on the apiary at the back making it easier to get in and out.
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| The newly fitted door at the rear of the apiary and the back of the hive |
Once inside the apiary I took the roof off the hive and lifted the feeder out. It was a good job I went up today as the feeder was almost empty! I poured all the syrup into the feeder and after taking a couple of pictures put it back in place. Although I didn't open the full hive up, it was good to see a small bit of the inside when I lifted the feeder. I could see the Bees have been busy and are building new comb, they had even built some on the bottom of the feeder!
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| The lid of the feeder with wax comb built on |
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| Inside the roof where the feeder has been. The 2 white things are porter Bee escapes |
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| A close up of the opening. Sorry it's slightly out of focus, it's hard to take pictures with a veil and gloves on! |
I will be going back to do a full inspection some point next week and see how they are developing inside the hive!
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