Saturday, October 28, 2017

Cheeky Monkey

Thanks Cici

Lovely to see some of my Kirkwood marketing material is still hanging around and being put to good use!


Tuesday, October 17, 2017

2018 Preparations

OK. So it's a bit premature but I actually saw a bargain (or what I thought was anyway) and went and splashed out on a 4-frame stainless steel manual extractor. Not an electric one, as really I don't have enough need for that, and besides I thought the exercise would be good for me!

It's now stashed in the shed waiting for an opportunity to extract.

Next job is to remove a couple of supers, if I can, to reduce the boxes on the hives over winter - then some mite management in a couple of months - oxalic acid crystals vaporized in the hive in late December...

Dave and I may even move the hives to a new location in the winter.

Lots to do and consider even now!