After an appalling October we're now in a period of better weather, albeit a bit cool.
It was the wettest October here since records began more than 100 years ago! We had more than 12" of rain, which is about 1/3 of the annual average! No wonder the bees were hungry and very wet at times. Most of the month was spent indoors. So it was a relief to see them out and about on Saturday and Sunday and they have even found some pollen somewhere. I hope there will be a period of better weather so that the grils can go and find some proper food and not rely on my sugar syrup. That said I will continue to feed for a bit longer and I will probably make the entrance as small as possible in a week or so.
Tonight (November 3rd) I added about 2 1/2 litres of 2:1 syrup. If they want it, I'll give it to 'em!
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