Next Wednesday, Colin and I will be on the Apiary from about 10.00am until 3pm or there-abouts. We will be working on our rainwater collection systems, ironically if it's raining we'll probably be in the Pavilion just talking about it. We hope to incorporate an automatic top-up for the new pond and maybe a charcoal filter to achieve water suitable for making mead. May as well aim high! Another pressing task is planting up the herb garden. I have various mints, lemon balm, lovage, catnep, chives, garlic chives, coriander, marjoram, rosemary, wormwood, sorrel lavender and thyme etc.
Today we made up two more mini nucs using the Beehaus as donor hive (for the queen cells). So far the Beehaus colony has been good tempered and quiet on the comb though productivity has been poor thus far. Colin also installed a frame of brood complete with two queen cells, from the same source, in the feral colony living in a hollow tree on the site of the old Joyce Green hospital.
Barry
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