Am feeling slightly stupid this morning... Liam and I have kept returning to the question of why our bees are taking honey from the super. Indeed, we were talking about it even as we assembled our 5th bonfire of the fortnight which is situated about 20 foot from our hive....
And yes, although the hive is screened by 2 giant leylandi, the bees will be inhaling a fair amount of smoke when the wind blows in the wrong direction. I assume that they then go into a panic, snort honey from the nearest place to hand, and then generally feel quite cross. Or sleepy. Or whatever.
Thankfully, we have now burned all of the debris that resulted from the laying of a 20 metre garden hedge (5 bonfires worth and considerable amounts of blood, sweat and if not tears, certainly agony) so hopefully the bees will consent to start SEALING SOME SUPER FRAMES!!!
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