Bees flying

Of little interest to the general public out there but I want to record the fact that in yesterday's glorious sunshine, I took the opportunity to remove the Ashworth feeder from the hive.  [I hadn't been able to go near the hive for ages for one reason or another.]

Plenty of bees were flying and there was even the very occasional forager bringing in ivy pollen!  As you'd expect there was a massive fall in the number of bees under the cover and thankfully no sign of those cursed earwigs!

That's all for bee news. 

On a personal note, I have to congratulate my wonderful fiancee, Elva, who completed her first 10 kilometre run on Saturday morning in the most dreadful conditions.  Until 2 months ago, she'd never run anywhere.  The course was along a stretch of brand new motorway about one and half hour's drive from us.  The motorway is yet to be opened to traffic so don't worry there wasn't any traffic to dodge!   The local school which was bypassed by the new road organised the run and would have benefitted from sponsorship and the entrant fees collected so it was a great day for everyone involved.  I even bumped into one of my fellow members from the local beekeeping association who coincidentally had completed the race with his wife!