20/05/2024
🐝 Happy World Bee Day! 🌼 Exciting news from our hives - we're welcoming a new queen bee soon! After our first hive inspection at the start of April we knew we had to act fast. The colony had grown considerably and the hive was full. Their swarm sense was strong as we found multiple supersedure cells in the brood box and plenty of drone cells. We decided to perform a shook swarm and split the hive into two to make room for the bees and prevent a swarm.
The new virgin queen will emerge within a couple of days and the quest for a name for our new regal newcomer continues! Our original queen, Mel Bee is continuing to do well after the big move.
Are you interested learning more about the wonderful world & work of bees or having your own hive? Get in touch! 🍯