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Psalm 97 chant by George Thalban-Ball

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Bethlehem Down by Peter Warlock

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Merging queenless colonies and making final preparations for the summer honey flow

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Result----9 splits and 9 successful queens!!

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Bolton Branch bell ringers celebrating the Queen's Platinum Jubilee

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The dearth's arrived and they're robbing!

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Bait comb removal and checking up on our swarm

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Giving a swarm a home

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10 Queens in one hive! Let the battle commence

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2nd Swarm event in two days...the one that got away!

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One of the ways to prevent swarming

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Amazing swarm that did an about turn...watch what happened!

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Monster Hives are preparing to Swarm!!

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First honey super of the season

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A varroa treatment for the two new colonies

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The most delicious homemade Milanese Panettone

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Judgement Day for our Queen Bees

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We have a really hard choice to make!

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Early preparations for the swarm season

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We have too many hives!! But we have a solution...

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Our first inspection of 2022

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How we make our infused honeys - cinnamon, vanilla and ginger honeys

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Josquin des Prez - Ave Maria, virgo serena, sung by Sine Nomine

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Two Queens in one hive!!!

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'Beati quorum via' by Charles Villiers Stanford sung by Sine Nomine Virtual Choir

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Ropesight practice for ringing call changes

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Beehive splits - follow up...with surprises!

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First hive split of 2021

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Ascension Day Celebration - 'Ascendit Deus' by Peter Philips sung by Sine Nomine Virtual Choir

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Surrexit Christus Hodie Samuel Scheidt 'Christ is risen today' - Sine Nomine Virtual Choir

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