In this solo episode of the No Nonsense Beekeeping series, Laurence Edwards of Black Mountain Honey reports on severe wind damage at the Orchard Apiary caused by Storm Arwen. He describes fallen trees and broken branches that have compromised access to the apiary, but notes that the nucs remain upright thanks to straps and that none of the hives appear crushed. Edwards outlines the immediate cleanup tasks, emphasizes the importance of not placing hives under trees, and explains his plan to relocate hives into open areas for the remaining three to four months of the storm season. The video concludes with a brief reminder to subscribe.
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Hi, I'm Laurence Edwards from Black Mountain Honey. Welcome to an exceptionally windy version of No Nonsense Beekeeping. So I'm just showing you up the trees there. We're at the Orchard Apiary and we have a major issue. So the access is gone, the trees have come down, and looks like the beehives are in a bit of a bad state. So I'm going to get in there. Hopefully none of them are crushed, but I'm seeing this across all of my apiaries today. There's real, real bad wind damage. Hopefully they're okay. Gonna have a bit of a cleanup, but another nod to not having your beehives under trees. This is what happens to them. Let's go and take a look, see how they're getting on. So these are the nucs, and they've not toppled over. The straps have done well, but lots and lots of broken branches have come down. Can clean these ones up quite nicely though, not a big problem. You look over here and I'm so lucky that none of these big branches have actually crushed any of the hives. Everything seems to be intact, but look at the state of it. You look up at the trees up there, real significant damage up here. Not good at all. I'm gonna have to clean up, try and get them tidied away. and just pray that the wind stops because it's not looking good for the bees. So just a quick update, show you how the bees are getting on after the storm. Just coming into December now, so we've got a good 3 or 4 months really of storm season left to go. I'm getting my bees out, I'm getting them in the open. I'm not having any more beehives crushed by the trees. So thanks for watching. As always, please hit the subscribe button, please hit the bell so you're notified of every video. I'll see you next time.
