streetbees at Tallis

On Saturday I got a call at lunch time to say the bees had swarmed and were causing a problem at the allotments.  We rushed over and managed to catch the swarm which had gathered on the trunk of a nearby tree.  Having swept them into a box and upturned it on a sheet we left them til evening to gather in the box.  

Then we collected them about 6.30pm and drove them home to their new hive where they walked up the ramp nicely and set up home in a lovely new cedar hive.

In order to feed them as they dont have any stores in the new hive we made sugar syrup and poured it into 2 honey jars with lots of tiny holes in the lid made with a nail.  You upturn this and place it over the cover board holes and they will feed from this.

So welcome to the blog Streetbees2 the Welling branch!