Currently I am away on a one week residential trip (left on Sunday, 23rd June and return tomorrow, 28th). This is an annual trip I am on with the leavers, so will happen again next year, when it should not be as much of a problem as this year. As the colony is building up, I had to find someone to feed the bees, if necessary, while I'm away (next year they should be able to fend for themselves). Luckily I have two back-up beekeepers for the school hives, one of whom will (hopefully) always assist me in bee inspections when children are around, too. So one of these looked in on the bees on Monday and today.
If you are thinking of keeping bees in a school environment it is advisable to have back-up, not only for the holidays.
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