Macario volunteered to take the bee swarm out of the tree this morning.....well who am I to argue?

I couldn't decide if it is one of my colonies that has relocated or if it is a new colony forming around a new queen.








The bees weren't at all happy about being moved and the leather bee keeping gloves were literally bristling with bee stings by the time he took them off. However, there had been a mild frost and the cold does appear to slow them down considerably....a bit like me really!

Today we are rotating the alpacas into different pastures so that we can complete spraying the fence lines and get ready to start the irrigation cycle. This year I am determined to get into a weekly cycle so that there is a totally predictable routine to what gets watered and when.

Adrian STewart - click here to go to Mulberry Alpacas.