So have now spent one whole year in Newark!
I brought up all my girls from London in Nov 10 – and all through came through both the move and the winter in excellent condition.
I bought the property mainly because it came with a hedged sun area ideal as an apiary site – nice tall fences to keep the daughter in law happy – my grandchildren wouldn’t get stung! My cunning plan has borne fruit as I now have a budding beekeeping granddaughter !!
She loves her yellow suit – quite the fashion statement! Inspections take a little longer but I have nowhere else I’d rather beeeeeee!
Swarm season swept in and I eventually had 14 hives + nucs on the go. My son got freaked out so reduced to 9.
Had some ironmongery being extracted from the garden which my girls found to be a good staging post – back in the hive they went – eventually they swarmed out again – twice and then lost them.
These girls behaved themsleves and were taken home.
My grandson is not confident around the girls but has great plans to make his own hive!
