I am avoiding my bees. I am not sure why, but I have realised that whenever there is a big job to do, I find about 10 other things to do. My current task is to combine my two colonies together. Ideally, one would find the queen you want to get rid of, get rid of her and then combine them. In this case, after much discussion with a retired beekeeper, going into the hives so late in the season would risk chilling the little brood that's there and really making a mess. So I am going to combine them with no regicide - my the best queen win!
Although I am dragging my feet, I better do it soon - the football has started and no one will want fed up bees flying over and attacking players. But.... the car does need cleaning....
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