Hive Update
Ann popped around the other day to check on the bee hive. Apparently the top super is empty and the 1st one doesn’t feel that heavy either so it doesn’t look too good.
The supers are where the bees store their honey so the fact they they feel light means there won’t be much honey to get them through the winter and even less for us to harvest.
The weather hasn’t been great for them though and even her hives on the bog itself are in the same condition. We’ll leave them for a couple more weeks before Ann takes them back and does a proper inspection. Lets just hope we get an Indian summer allowing them to increase their stores. Hopefully this is a sign of poor weather rather than the fact that Ynyslas isn’t the best place in the world for bees. I’m sure it’s a bit of both, but hives where there has been a plentiful supply of Himalayan Balsam nearby have been doing really well.
