Good luck to the bees!!

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In May, with the help of our village school teacher, Paul,

we set up two bee hives in the garden!

Joshua my ten year old singlehandedly built the actual hives,

I helped to paint them and Paul delivered the bees!

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Over the summer we regularly checked the hives to

locate the queen, to check for swarm cells

and to feed them as necessary.

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Both colonies grew well and produced honey,

but we decided not to extracted any this year,

hopefully improving their chances of surviving the winter.

Fingers crossed!!

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Mmm, HONEY!! We did have a little taste!

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Her she is, the queen - dotted green

Good luck to her!

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