It has been about three weeks since I visited the hive. Today it was warm enough to open up the hive and look inside. Since the colony has two brood supers I only opened the top one.
I didn't see any wax moth or hive beetles. The hive smell seemed okay, not decaying or anything like that, so hopefully that means the bottom super is doing okay too. I didn't have a smoker so I only removed a couple of frames.
The entrance reducer has been installed for three weeks now. The bees seem to be doing okay with it.
There was a lot of activity at the entrance, the bees were bringing in a lot of pollen.
I went ahead and used a watering can to put down some insecticide around the outside of the hive to deal with any bugs, hive beetles and such.
I didn't take very good pictures today, so theres nothing to post of today's tasks.
Thursday, November 27, 2008
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