Thanks for the cutcomb heather Murray McGregor Darek . Will get it on the toast at the weekend & report back

Ivy in flow today. Some consistency in weather would help.

Calm n dry here. Scraping back apivar strips making sure they are located within the brood nest.

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Pulling off strips. Nice clusters.

Dandelions are confused

12 🌡️ Nice seeing bees fly today.

Wax work.

Oxalic applied by trickle yesterday. All 20 colonies looked good. Some on 8 seams, with only one on 5.

Some early pollen coming in, white & yellow. No losses yet

Free

Peak in a few nuc’s. No losses . Production colonies One drone layer out of 26.

Beautiful day for making off overwintered nucs. Strong flow off something as well. 🐝

X is losing it’s sheen.

Head scratcher. Messy job

Bit of dun lifts the spirit 🐝🍯

Aftermath. 1st missed QC 2025. Nice Gingers. Queen from 2023 🐝

This dude create an AI video “interviewing” people from the 1500s and it’s hilarious 😂