It has only been a week* since I was last bottling honey, and here I am at it again today. Normally I sell about ten jars each week, but 30% had orders from WI and other member of the coven this week, hence my increased sales.
Dealing with the honey took the morning and I was finished by the early afternoon. I then headed out with the dogs for our walk.
The rest of the afternoon was spent tidying up and preparing a few batches of syrup for the bees.
After splitting all of my colonies I have decided to see if I can get one of them to draw some comb in a couple of supers. I propose to add a queen excluder and super,** add a feeder on top, and see how well they do over the next week.
I plan to inspect the bees tomorrow, and will probably use hive #5 for this little experiment.
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* Well, eight days, if we are going to nit pick!
** With ten frames of foundation
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