With the unendurable weather we've been having of late, where rain has alternated with rain and frozen mornings have turned into freezing days, I thought it was time to shield the bees against the elements. So, with Richie's help and both unprotected, we placed the celotex panels around both brood boxes and dropped the portcullises, also known as mouseguards.
As the celotax panels are all slightly too large (they were originally cut to size when the hive were on their stand-alone stands), I returned a day later to cut off the excess and put in screws so the mouseguards wouldn't slip.
Now winter can come!
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| The hives in their space suits |
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