Work for busy bees..
“The Bee Man” at Crockatinney, Queen-proofing his hives.
Out for a stroll the other evening and saw this apiculturist tending to his beehives, getting things set up for summer.
He told me that the Queen is only allocated space in one of the hives – otherwise she’d lay eggs everywhere and spoil the honey. All the neighbouring hives have a thin mesh that the large Queen can’t fit through.
Her workers will diligently fill the cells in each of the trays (within the hive) with delicious honey. Their work begins now and concludes toward the end of the summer.
(ps. It’s Glens of Antrim honey, btw!)
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