Yes, great meeting and many thanks to Jane for hosting. Excellent fun with the
swarm. Look forward to gathering at Gareth’s next.
Keith
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On 22 May 2022, at 09:37, Oxnatbees <oxnatbees@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
A huge thank you to Jane for hosting a fabulous get-together, somehow arranging
perfect weather and getting her bees to swarm for us!
As Eric said the beginners present learned the most important lesson about
swarms - sometimes you have to leave them, when it is too dangerous to reach
them. Even after investing 50 minutes in trying all sorts of things.
It was a great afternoon, a fascinating array of hives (Cathedral, TBHs,
Freedom, alveary) and the hive inspections taught everyone a great deal,
particularly about hands-on inspection techniques and when we figured out what
was bothering the grumpy one.
I'll do a blog post presently.
Paul
