27th April - a lovely sunny Sunday afternoon....

So lovely and sunny that a swarm of bees decided to take up residence in the roofspace above the east window! Thanks to local beekeeper Chris Bowyer, the swarm were guided into a portable hive and taken to an apiary site. It was fascinating to see how quickly they began to construct honeycomb; luckily, Chris managed to remove them before they began laying eggs or producing baby bees.

Hopefully, the aperture is now sealed up; as lovely as the bees are, we don't want them in the roof!