It was 68º, no wind, clear skies.
Back Yard Bees
Looked into the top honey super and found a few bees scattered throughout frames. Removed it and started looking through second honey super. Removed and inspected frames 9, 8, and 7. Frame seven was covered in bees, busy storing nectar. I only looked at the remaining frames and found that frames 4 through 6 were completely covered in bees and they were storing nectar. At this time I did not inspect the second honey super or either hive body.
Friday, March 25, 2011
Friday, March 18, 2011
18 March, Noon - 2011
It was 75º, clear skies, no wind at the Back Yard Bees.
Opened up the hive and found bees covering 3/4 of the inner cover. I installed a honey super, see what that does for now. Didn't get down into any of the hive bodies today.
1:30 pm
It was 83º at the Bee Yard and clear skies.
No signs of ants around the hives
Beta hive
The hive had 1 honey super and 2 deep hive bodies. There were bees covering all ten frames of the honey super. I removed frames 1,2,3 and found eggs! So I put them and pulled the honey super to gain access to the hive bodies. The top hive body had bees covering all ten frames. I did not remove any to inspect. I removed the top hive body to look at the bottom hive body. The bees covered all ten frames. This hive seems to be very strong. So I added a third deep hive body but installed it with the honey super at the top. I am hoping that the bees will build up this new hive body and then I can do a walk away split.
Alpha Hive
The cluster moved to the center of the hive body. The bees cover about 5 frames. I found the queen on frame 6! I did find eggs too. Next visit if I will see about taking frames from the Beta Hive to strengthen this hive.
Opened up the hive and found bees covering 3/4 of the inner cover. I installed a honey super, see what that does for now. Didn't get down into any of the hive bodies today.
1:30 pm
It was 83º at the Bee Yard and clear skies.
No signs of ants around the hives
Beta hive
The hive had 1 honey super and 2 deep hive bodies. There were bees covering all ten frames of the honey super. I removed frames 1,2,3 and found eggs! So I put them and pulled the honey super to gain access to the hive bodies. The top hive body had bees covering all ten frames. I did not remove any to inspect. I removed the top hive body to look at the bottom hive body. The bees covered all ten frames. This hive seems to be very strong. So I added a third deep hive body but installed it with the honey super at the top. I am hoping that the bees will build up this new hive body and then I can do a walk away split.
Alpha Hive
The cluster moved to the center of the hive body. The bees cover about 5 frames. I found the queen on frame 6! I did find eggs too. Next visit if I will see about taking frames from the Beta Hive to strengthen this hive.
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