Today I checked on my 2 splits. The 10 frame medium looks good with 7 queen cells. I gave them syrup with fumagilin. I also gave the original hive its second dose of fumagilin.
The other split has no queen cells and shows evidence of some disease. I'm not sure what. Right now I'm leaving it alone. I gave it some honey from the dead-out hive, but no additional bees or frames. I'm not sure what to do about that hive so maybe I'll just leave it as an experiment for now to see what happens with the brood in that hive.
Why did one split succeed and not the other? They both came from frames from the main hive. Is it because I was re-using frames from past hives? I'm guessing yes, and I should strip and clean the frames and boxes from previous hives. I need to build my solar melter and start processing wax. Bleach the equipment for safe reuse before trying another split.
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