I removed the queen from the hive on Wednesday and replaced her with a Russian hybrid from the Honey Exchange on Thursday. It's supposed to rain for a couple of days so I'll check on the hive when the weather improves.
I gave both hives syrup with fumigilin just to be on the safe side.
Just for a laugh--when I looked into the hives last it looked like there was mold growing! There was gray stuff in some cells. Then I noticed some of the pollen baskets on the bees were gray. I looked it up. Blackberries yield gray pollen so I should see a lot of that.
I need to find a source for Hop Guard that doesn't sell it in 50 units.
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