The bait hive is busy this afternoon. Seems like a little fighting going on so must not be from the same hive. Could be some robbing but there's a lot of coming and going too. There was still some honey in some of the old comb put in here.

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The captured bees seem to be doing bee things as it warms up. I peaked in the top deep around 9 am and there were no bees up in there so I took it off and there was no drama. It looked like they were clustered up into 3-4 frames but it's just waxed foundation so I guess there's lots of room in that space.

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One of the hives swarmed today and it was low enough in a tree I could catch it while standing 7 feet up on a ladder with a fiberglass pole I modified. Once most of the bees were caught the weight couldn't be held vertical and then I heard a crack from the pole I let it go and landed on my roof. I got them in an empty hive before dark.

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Busy Bee and the Endangered Meadow – Signed and dedicated editions direct from the author

Old Oak Meadow in danger, strange, what’s going on? The bees need to save it. Ideal for birthdays, Christmas and other occasions

For £12.99 including UK postage and packing I will sign and dedicate a book, reading age 8-12, for you. It includes a free 7″ x 5″ blank card (while stocks last) of the cover illustration of one of my other books and there are four to choose from. You can let me know what you want to write or I can write something on your behalf for whoever you are buying it for. Please contact me for further details including postage costs to other parts of the world. [email protected], 07938 293538. I am also advertising Busy Bee and the Silent Spring, the second book of the series, for the same price and a two book bundle for £19.99. This book is also available through our Etsy shop, https://junagarhmedia.etsy.com.

The story

In Endangered Meadow the bees of Old Oak Meadow have to unite the meadow’s inhabitants to stop some developers building houses all over it. The adventure starts one day when one clever bee, Beatrice, Bea to her friends, the hardest working bee in the hive, discovers a new sign at the entrance to the meadow. She comes up with an ingenious idea of how to save the home of all the creatures that live there. Will they be successful?

This is one of Alice Wright’s wonderful illustrations that can be seen throughout the book.

The books can be purchased directly from Amazon without my signing and dedication of course. This is the .co.uk link to this book, https://www.amazon.co.uk/Busy-Endangered-Meadow-Paul-No%C3%ABl/dp/B08BW5Y3CS/, and this is the .com link, https://www.amazon.com/Busy-Endangered-Meadow-Paul-No%C3%ABl/dp/B08BW5Y3CS/.

There are organic cotton T-shirts available of the cover artwork with or without the story title from our Teemill site for children, https://scientistandphilosopher.com/collection/kids/.

Our links

See more of Alice Wrights’ wonderful art, https://www.hireanillustrator.com/i/portfolio/alice-wright/ or Instagram @alicewrightillustration or Facebook @alicewrightillustrates.

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My author page where you can discover more about my books, https://www.amazon.co.uk/-/e/B07D3ZTQ1L.

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This is our website for all our photography and my books, https://www.junagarhmedia.co.uk/.

We are also on Flickr, https://www.flickr.com/photos/21104365@N06/.

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