Saturday, September 19, 2015

One queen at least

I checked the hives today to see if their misadventure did much damage.

I did not see the queen in the strong hive, but I did see capped brood, larvae and milk brood. I might have seen eggs, but the lighting was uneven so I'm not sure. They have pretty good stores. Most of the brood is in the middle box. I put in HopGuard and a jar of syrup. They should be good for a few days.

I did see the queen in the weaker hive. She is in the bottom box. I added in the 2 frames of honey from the other hive. If she keeps laying I think they'll be good for the winter. I did not move a frame of capped brood from the strong hive to the weaker since I did not find a good frame of capped brood. They were all partially filled with a mixture, and I really wanted just capped brood. I put in HopGuard and a jar of syrup. I will check the syrup in a few days. I got stung once on the back of my arm. I don't know why there. 

I will watch the syrup jars for the next week or so and try to leave them alone.

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