Saturday, May 12, 2012

OK. So I looked around in the hives today.
The "Happy" hive looks good, but still has some space so I just replenished the syrup bucket and left things as is.
The "Not So Happy" hive looks OK. It also still has plenty of space, and I replenished the syrup bucket. The comb pattern is odd. Burr comb in the opening under the bucket and underneath one of the frames, but not supercedure or swarm cells. Layers of comb in the frame as if it's too hard to just build the foundation out. Still only working about 5 frames.
I saw queens in both of the package hives.
The Nuc hive looks pretty solid for 5-6 frames in each box.There was a clump of burr comb that might have been a swarm cell or might have been drone brood. I cut it out just to be on the safe side. I couldn't find the queen even though she is supposed to be marked with white (for 2011). That could be because there are so many bees or because she's a Carniolan and not an Italian like the others. I'm not sure, but I guess I can just wait until next week to take another look. I'm going to google images of Carniolans before my next inspection to make sure I know what I'm looking for.

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