Wednesday 26 February 2014

Bees On the move.

A glorious day here today, though still only about 11 degrees, it's very calm with no wind, and the garden in full sun.  The bees are flying by their thousand.  Not sure they are going very far, but they are all coming out for some fresh air and it's great to see.

The recent storms have brought down the fence between our house and next door.  This means there is very little to force the bees to overfly their garden.  Also, I felt the bees were a little close to their house, especially if they were on their patio.  So, in order to keep relations sweet, we are moving them - gradually, each couple of days we move the hive a couple of feet.  They are going up the garden where an area has been cleared and paving slabs put down.  This won't get quite as much sun, but will mean that they are forced to fly over our shed, and the neighbours before overflying the neighbour's garden which I will feel happier about.  It should also mean there is more room for a second hive which will likely be necessary when the season kicks off.

So far, we've moved the hive about 10 feet.  Some of the bees can be seen clustering around the old location, but I'm hoping they will get the message and find the new location as it creeps up the garden.  In a couple of weeks or so, the hive should be in it's new home and everyone happy.

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