27th May - summertime nucs

Currently as i write this, we are dealing with 30+ degrees of warm sunshine.   Great for the bees, but working them in a beesuit is rather hot! :)    We've been busy going through all the summertime nucs, checking on the newly mated UK bred queens.  Many of them have started laying which is great news, however the few weeks of colder, wetter weather we had in May did also seem to slow them up slightl, and i think we experienced a few weeks of the 'june gap' already too.    We are still on schedule on dispatching the bees in June but we feel a few weeks more just to allow them to settle in and expand a bit more will be benefical. It's probably wise to get over this current heat wave anyway, bees don't travel well in this heat.

We are currently working out availability for collection and delivery dates so you'll get an email if you have fully paid shortly.   Not long to go now!