6 Dec 2008
Bees 6: Merging the Swarm
Frank Lindsay, who's a commercial beekeeper, drops round with the swarm he's been looking after and gets me to open my hive and merge the two colonies. The reason for merging the two colonies is to boost the total number of bees in my hive and take advantage of the honey flow that's on as a result of the blossom around the place.