We didn't get around to finding the Queen in hive 7 yesterday nor the day before as planned. This was however for v. good reasons (see last two posts). Today we have raised the priority and finding the Queen comes in just after a litttle gardening we have planned as our first job for today. Find Bill Mundy, Colin, Jimi and I on the apiary at about 11.30 when we should be getting set up for the operation! For some manipulations, not least re-queening you simply have to find the Queen so this is an extremely useful experience for us all. Today my friend Jimi (ex Ghurka) will be trying to spot the Queen visually, something he's very good at, but if this fails plan 'B' is to "sift" the bees through a Queen excluder. Colin is making up the necessary equipment, basically a funnel fixed to a queen excluder.
It should be an interesting day!
Barry
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