Sounds about like what you'd have 3-4 weeks after starting an Ableger - once the workers have made a new queen, and that queen managed to succesfully make her virgin flight (if that's the right word... direct translation again) and return, and started laying eggs. So I guess nuc (is that an abbreviation or a cool native word, btw?) would be the correct term for what I started with - they already were queen-right at that point.
Heh, same here! Not so bad that you'd risk heatstroke wearing a veil (a full suit... now that's a different matter!), but still hot enough to make every extra bit of clothing unpleasant. While it was really really hot, I actually preferred going to the bees around dusk so I wouldn't sweat like crazy while lifting the boxes... disadvantage of that, of course, was that ALL the bees were at home so it was a bit of a challenge to handle everything without crushing bees. >_>
The healing itch! I hate itching more than I hate the stinging pain, to be honest. Some people find that ribwort helps against the stinging and itching, apparently, but I have no idea whether it's growing where you live? (Over here, it's a common weed.)
Heh, same here! Not so bad that you'd risk heatstroke wearing a veil (a full suit... now that's a different matter!), but still hot enough to make every extra bit of clothing unpleasant. While it was really really hot, I actually preferred going to the bees around dusk so I wouldn't sweat like crazy while lifting the boxes... disadvantage of that, of course, was that ALL the bees were at home so it was a bit of a challenge to handle everything without crushing bees. >_>
The healing itch! I hate itching more than I hate the stinging pain, to be honest. Some people find that ribwort helps against the stinging and itching, apparently, but I have no idea whether it's growing where you live? (Over here, it's a common weed.)
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