Friday, July 13, 2007

First Bee Inspection

I've carried out my first solo bee inspection. It went really well and my confidence is building by leaps and bounds.

I've learned that:

1. The way I've set up the hives, I can't easily smoke hive 1 at the entrance

2. I don't have a whole lot of room for manoeuvre, the space is rather cramped

3. Smoking bees really is magical - they change from inquisitive and noisy to quiet and calm at a puff of smoke, but...

4. The hardest thing about beekeeping is the fine art of keeping your smoker alight

5. That's not quite true - the hardest thing about beekeeping is finding the bloody queen. If anyone can breed a strain of bees where the queen is fluorescent pink and flashes like an LED, I think they'd be onto a winner

11 comments:

Gid said...
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Gid said...

3. Smoking bees really is magical

Really?.. I can never get them to lie still in the paper whilst I roll it..

Joanna said...

LOVE the idea of a flourescent queen ... perhaps you should get someone to help you mark her, because it definitely makes them easier to spot (what do I know, I'm behind you on this, but have been out a few times with a mentor this summer). I am SO jealous of you, and really glad it's going well

Joanna
joannasfood.blogspot.com

Unknown said...

It isn't just the queens. At a talk recently, a beekeeper brought along a supposedly vacant frame of comb, which sat quietly on display until I noticed a movement and had to tell her "Excuse me, you have a bee on your ear".

Anonymous said...

To gid :- I find bluetacking the bees to the fag-paper first assists the rolling process.

Ally said...

It's like a game of 'find the lady'; I was reading in my book over the weekend that the workers all turn towards her as she walks over the comb.

Really? My workers are all running about like nobodies business. I'll sign up to donate some funds to the 'fluorescent queens' programme, too.

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