Team bee

Dear all

Well all the bees are caught and currently being reared at Christchurch by Rosemary Read. She's doing a brilliant job and we are very lucky that we have someone who can breed long tongue bees here in NZ. Its early days but the queens seem to be doing well and some even look a bit broody- which is a good sign. One has sadly died but I do have a secret stock of 5 queens which I am keeping for the film crew who are due to arrive today! Breeding these bees is going to be very hard- so do keep your fingers crossed for them!

So here's some pics of our brill team bee. Here's Andy and Maggie Tebbs and Rob Jones in one of our red clover fields down in Clyde. We're in Twizel today and I had a quick peak at two of the sites and found a newly emerged subt queen- they are still about!!! Heard the weather is freezing over there with snow playing havic! Well I hate to say it but its pretty hot over here!

All the best, till next time......................