More Bees

I was out of the door quite early this morning as I had yet another appointment at the Ophthalmologist's.

For once I was seen promptly, and even more surprising was the candour of the delightful young lady that carried out the various tests. She was absolutely flabbergasted at the number of appointments I have had. I pointed out that their automated booking systems keeps notifying me that I need to make an appointment and here I am ... AGAIN!  

She reviewed my case history, cancelled my next appointment,* and told me to ignore any appointment requests until the late Summer, as I do not need to be seen for another six months. 

Back at home I managed to get a few minutes of 30%'s time and got another set of window bars secured to the second of the store room window frames. 30% was off to spend the day with the coven, but I only needed her assistance to get the first couple of screws in. She disappeared shortly afterwards and I fitted the remaining spacers and screws at my leisure.

I then headed out for my daily walk with the dogs.

I had planned to go out for a ride on my bike this afternoon, but really didn't feel up to a couple of hours in the saddle. I therefore decided that an afternoon of gentle pottering was a better idea.

My new honey box was stocked and returned to its place on my little roadside stall. I refitted the celotex panels in the garage roof and then cleaned out the putty from the window frame at the rear of the store room. I plan to get that re-puttied and the security bars installed at some point over the weekend.

So that should have been it for today.  30% and I were settled in front of the television when we heard a ring from the front door bell. It was Pete the Beekeeper. He had decided that this evening was the perfect time to deliver the colony of bees that he promised a couple of days ago.

We soon had them sited up in the orchard and spent the next half hour discussing how well the colonies seemed to be doing this Spring. He once again refused payment for the colony, or the two nucs that he gave me in the Autumn and instead advised that "I owe him a favour".

I'm more than happy to oblige, and I am sure that I will come away slightly better informed about bees and beekeeping.

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* A duplicate of today's appointment