With the sun shining we decided to get our suits on and inspect the hives. Always a little nervous after the winter as never sure how they've done.
We were really pleased to see all three hives had survived the winter! And all three in good health.
I was a little worried as the one hive we had merged with another at the end of the summer (early autumn really) and I hadn't managed to get the second brood box off. But they had sorted themselves out. There was a tiny bit of mould in that hive on a few frames of honey, but only because some of the newspaper we had left between the two brood boxes remained and I think this stopped the airflow.
It was great to see that my girls were just as enthusiastic as they were before, both keen to get into each hive and not showing any fear at all.
I'm looking forward to a fun bee keeping season again this year!
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