We keep an empty hive out for just this purpose! If you are lucky the bees will find it on their own and begin to use it, but sometimes it only take a bit of coaxing. If you can locate the queen and put her in the hive, the rest of the swarm will follow on their own.
oh fantastic, looks the perfect size! like a sun hive but easier and quicker to make. my bee teacher used old comb to attract them, can you get hold of any?
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Nice! There is ni sign from a queen. The Almond trees are flowering and beekeepers bring hives for tree pollination. But I believe there are swarms living in the forest too, it's these I want to invite and welcome.
The caske has a bit of old wine smell on the inside but not pungeant and the location of the cask under the tree looks moist and cold and dark now in winter but I anticipate it being a blessing during the blistering summer.
Keeping my fingers crossed. Yesterday I saw a bee coming for a drink on those wet woodchips next to the cask, yay!
I want to buy this book but did not get around to it :
Song of Increase by Jacqueline Freeman
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