Thursday, May 3, 2012

Second inspection

I've inspected my hives for a second time today.  The "hill" hive continues to lag - bees on original 5 nuc frames, but not much else.  No clear presence of open brood - still a fair amount of capped brood.  I'll check for signs of queen again in a couple days and intervene if necessary.  I've asked a more experienced bee keeper from the local club to lend a hand on next inspection.


The "pink" hive continues to bustle and expand.  They're beginning to draw out the frames in the medium super I put on two days ago.  Lots of capped and uncapped brood.  Overall looks great.  Didn't find the queen today, but signs abound that she's in there working.  Noticed a number of queen cells near the bottom of frames.  Will probably intervene w/ assistance upon next inspection.

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