I'm pleased to report that the bees are progressing well. I 'double-brooded' the nuc a couple of days ago as they had just about filled the nuc they started out in. The queen has been clipped and marked (but went all camera shy when I tried to take her photo).

The concern at the moment is that with this awful weather they cannot get out to forage; indeed it's so bad that the National Bee Unit has issued a warning to beekeepers about possible starvation. At the moment they have enough stores but if they do get low I can feed them syrup or fondant.