The closure of a local bridge to, well, almost anywhere really, meant that the shortest two alternative routes (at least for small vehicles) took be past almost all of the hives that I hadn’t yet visited so far this Spring, so it seemed like too good an opportunity to miss.
Most of the colonies seem to be doing well, but sadly there was one disappointment. The colony that I tried to rescue from a cavity in a tree branch that had been cut down didn’t make it through the Winter. Not the most enormous surprise as it was very awkward trying to get them to leave the cavity, but it’s a shame I couldn’t have done better with them.