On Wednesday last Colin and I recovered the remaining feral colony from Franks Hall. All went smoothly although the Nuc which was, as my regular readers will recall, at an elevation of about 18’ was a bit of a lump to carry under one arm! We’ve deliberately saved our first inspection for tomorrow when I hope we’ll find that the colony is healthy, vigorous and “queen-right”. We’ll try to find the Queen and mark her, so if you’re reading this Colin, could you bring the queen marking device and your white queen marking paint on Saturday? I fed the colony from Abbey Wood another pint of 1:1 syrup, they’ve had about 2.5 litres so far. They’ve expanded in quite an impressive fashion since we brought them to the Apiary but I’m still doubtful as to whether they’d be strong enough to survive the winter without uniting them with another colony. There are still plenty of plums going begging so if you want some bring a bag.
Barry
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