The purpose of this blog is to inform members and friends of Dartford Beekeepers branch of the KBKA of activities on the Bedonwell Apiary in real time.  This to enable anyone interested in the tasks being undertaken on  a particular day to attend and observe or help with those tasks.
The Apiary shares a gate with the Tredegar Allotment society and so anyone without a key should phone me on 07581531623, (yes I've been persuaded to get a mobile phone), or post a reply on this blog.
On the 9th April Colin Mann and I made up a couple of Mini Nucs containing 9 day old queen cells from Colins most prolific colony.  Yesterday, 24th April, I inspected one of them and found it's queen had hatched, mated and was laying! Today I intend to carry out a Demaree operation on a colony in the apiary to obtain bees for a five frame Nuc into which our new queen is to be introduced.