these days I concluded visits to the hives to see to what extent are our bees with the development of the nest and to see if they are active and ready for harvesting of acacia.
The waxy sheet that was inserted between 28 and 29 March last year, then 17-18 days ago, was built completely from their families stronger, while weak ones they built in part.
The flowering of the dandelion has helped this operation and now that the flowers are gone, because they have given way to the "heads", adding a frame to build will not proceed with the same speed.
However, the situation is this: there are some very strong families and gathering the nectar of Robinia pseudoacacia, and there are many families that are not sufficiently developed both as brood number of workers.
E 'must therefore operate the "balance" of forces by removing brood combs of hives from the most populous in favor of poorer as the number of bees, so that the situation is generally balanced and then allow the addition of supers for next week.
Unfortunately, the bees are not yet ready for major crops, including winter and spring due to very cold and rainy, which did not allow a rapid growth of the families of bees and that required a great deal of nutrients (glucose and candy) for leave the coldest months of the year.
The acacias begin to expose their juicy bunches already 24 to 25 April and then it is necessary to the preparation of the supers, and of course control of real cells that will begin soon to be seen on the edges of the combs.
For beekeepers began a period of great work and should not be caught unprepared by any swarms that may also be in front when you arrive in hives and we must brush up on the pigliasciami and new foundations for families of bees clinging to the trees, or worse in bins of roller shutters of the houses! I wish all beekeepers
a good job and a fruitful harvest of honey. Hello
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