Bee Abundance

Mark has  worked really hard over spring and summer with the bees. They've been given two new ''houses''... to give them shelter during the heat. These now also have shade cloth attached. this and the other one are at the back of our mandala garden on the south side of our irrigation ponds. This allows for their flight path to be uninterrupted by people working by.

During spring we had four swarms which Mark was able to catch and rehome. This one landed in our mulberry tree, and Mark cut  the branch they were attached to and they dropped into the hive.

Here's a closer look at a swarm that flew into a shrub in our market garden. They were also successfully rehomed.

A lovely full frame ready to spin...

There's enough for us and some to sell on our market stall at the Maitland Harvest Markets..

And now we have ventured into making Mead. Yum! a beautiful refreshing drink for these long hot summer days.