Busby’s Bee’s Newsletter
I trust that you are all keeping safe & well.
Being valued customers, I thought that I would let you know how “the Girls” are doing, and how they are fairing during this strange summer.
The bee’s year started really well with the arrival of an early spring in the first week of March, and although we had some lovely weather, no one could have foreseen how the spring was going to develop after we went into lockdown. Normally, bees put up with us humans as an annoyance, but with very little interference during March, April & May, they thrived and started bring in lots of nectar and pollen, which was then converted into honey and food for the young growing bees in the brood. I’m noticed, while I was out working on my hives, without the constant hum of road noise, the various birds singing, and me trying to remember and identify their song – the unmistakable cuckoo, the little skylarks, the swifts and swallows darting about catching insects at lightning speed to name a few. Animals and plants appeared to be thriving without the nuisance of car and lorry pollution to stifle their growth, and from this I’m seeing bees working harder on the verges and in the hedgerows where they would normally keep away from. My bees too are hopefully thriving in this more gentle pace of life and for us, it has been a joy to be able to get some time out to go and inspect our hives. Watching our girls working hard and bringing in lots of stores. Its lovely just to pause and watch nature at its best. Maybe that’s something good that has come out of this pandemic.
