This morning was the first of what I hope will be many visits this year to the bee hives of the North Staffordshire Bee Keepers Association. It's too cold at this time of year to keep the hives open for long, so we couldn't handle the bees ourselves, but we were made very welcome and people took the time to explain what was going on.
There are dramatic changes going on, trying to resuscitate weak colonies or merge them with stronger ones, and I liked the trick of using newspaper to separate two colonies within the same hive until they get accustomed to each others' scents.
I'm looking forward to going back next week to see the effect of today's changes.
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Glad to see you both there!
a copy of the Guardian I hope - or are bees ingeneral inveterate Express readers?
They are true blue tories - despite a serious talking too.
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