{"id":7874,"date":"2011-05-06T10:52:51","date_gmt":"2011-05-06T09:52:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?p=7874"},"modified":"2011-05-05T17:02:27","modified_gmt":"2011-05-05T16:02:27","slug":"hands-on-beekeeping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2011\/05\/hands-on-beekeeping\/","title":{"rendered":"Hands on beekeeping"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_7877\" style=\"width: 130px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a title=\"Beekeeping\" rel=\"lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/beekeeping.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7877\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-7877 \" title=\"beekeeping\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/beekeeping-120x90.jpg\" alt=\"Beekeeping\" width=\"120\" height=\"90\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/beekeeping-120x90.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/beekeeping-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/beekeeping.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7877\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Beekeeping<\/p><\/div>\n<p>For the last session of the beginners beekeeping course we&#8217;ve been doing with the Aberystwyth Bee Keeping Association (ABKA) we had a hands on hive inspection at Ann&#8217;s Aipary.<\/p>\n<p>Alan was off doing the <a title=\"Dyfi Enduro 2011 - Race Report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2011\/dyfi-enduro-2011-race-report\/\">Dyfi Enduro<\/a> so Morgan and I went without him.  It was really windy at our house and our new nuc of bees which arrived a couple of days before we&#8217;re not happy about the wind at all so I wondered what the bees at Ann&#8217;s would be like.  We noticed the difference in weather as soon as we got out of the car although some of the other beekeepers were saying it was quite windy so the bees might not be out flying as much as usual.  Believe me, compared to our house there was no wind at all!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7880\" style=\"width: 130px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a title=\"Full Brood Box\" rel=\"lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/full_brood_box.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7880\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-7880 \" title=\"full_brood_box\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/full_brood_box-120x90.jpg\" alt=\"Full Brood Box\" width=\"120\" height=\"90\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/full_brood_box-120x90.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/full_brood_box-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/full_brood_box.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7880\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Full Brood Box<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We soon suited up and got into out first hive with Lynfa showing us the ropes.  Morgan is super keen and more than happy to be holding frames full of bees searching out the queen.  I&#8217;m still a bit more cautious and happy to let some of the others have a go.  I&#8217;m sure as I get used to handling our own bees I&#8217;ll get more confident.  We didn&#8217;t spot the queen in the first hive we looked through although we did see eggs so were happy that she was there somewhere.  Morgan got a bit hot in his suit so went to sit in the shade for a bit while we messed about with supers and brood boxes, then he joined us to look through another hive with his camera to get some action shots!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7878\" style=\"width: 130px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a title=\"Hive Inspection\" rel=\"lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/bees_in_hive.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7878\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-7878 \" title=\"bees_in_hive\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/bees_in_hive-120x90.jpg\" alt=\"Hive Inspection\" width=\"120\" height=\"90\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/bees_in_hive-120x90.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/bees_in_hive-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/bees_in_hive.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7878\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hive Inspection<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Again we didn&#8217;t spot the queen so had a good look for eggs.  We couldn&#8217;t find any which was a little concerning and tends to indicate the queen had gone which isn&#8217;t good news for the colony, especially if there aren&#8217;t eggs for the bees to make a new queen from.  Lynfa said the bees would usually be quite agressive if they didn&#8217;t have a queen which certainly wasn&#8217;t the case, but since we couldn&#8217;t spot her and there were no eggs we decided to put a frame from another hive into the brood box so that a new queen could be reared if the queen was indeed missing.  Ann didn&#8217;t really belive the queen had gone but ony time would tell.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7879\" style=\"width: 130px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a title=\"Bees\" rel=\"lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/bees.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7879\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-7879 \" title=\"bees\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/bees-120x90.jpg\" alt=\"Bees\" width=\"120\" height=\"90\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/bees-120x90.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/bees-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/bees.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7879\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bees<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Then it was time for tea and cake and that was it for the beginners course.  We&#8217;ve certainly found the whole course really useful.  The sessions have been very interesting and it&#8217;s been nice to meet other beginners and experienced members of the association during the course.  Only time will tell how we get on as bee keepers but we&#8217;ve had a good start and the ABKA have arranged for us to have a mentor to keep in touch with should we have any bee related concerns while we get to grips with things.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the last session of the beginners beekeeping course we&#8217;ve been doing with the Aberystwyth Bee Keeping Association (ABKA) we had a hands on hive inspection at Ann&#8217;s Aipary. Alan was off doing the Dyfi Enduro so Morgan and I went without him. 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