I check my bee girls water supply every day at the moment, both hives, Miro and Matai ( for those of you who wonder what the heck those 2 names are about ... they are both Maori names of beautiful, tall, strong trees here in NZ) are very busy with alot of the bees hanging out on the front of each hive - its very humid, so instead of thousands of golden, fuzzy bodies heading to the large salt-water pool over the fence, I am making sure there is plenty of water available. Luckily, the old chap next door is happy to have the hives where they are, he grew up with his father keeping bees so didn`t raise an eyelid when Miro swarmed after a month !
There is still alot of necter happening, plus pollen, especially the bright orange of the dandelions ! I often sit beside the hives watching what goes on and in this weather the smell is so strong - honey and a mixture of lots of little bee bodies .
Hopefully we may beable to extract some honey soon ...
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