Today I stopped by for a short visit with the bees. It's been 10 days since we re-queened Beeatrice's colony, so the hope was to confirm she was accepted and is laying. Luckily, I saw eggs so we know she is in there and all is well! Woohoo! I didn't look farther so as not to disturb them too much or injure her. Penelobee I just took one peek and saw more capped brood & larva, so left her "bee" too! :-) I refilled both pails of sugar syrup and that was it for the day! Here's a little recap of the day!
Tuesday, May 14, 2019
Saturday, May 4, 2019
Checking for Eggs, Queen Acceptance & Re-Queening!
On May 4th we checked the bees for queen acceptance and eggs! First we opened up "Beeatrice" and unfortunately didn't find any sign of the queen laying...no eggs, no larvae, and after much searching, no queen.
We opened up Penelobee's hive and saw a frame with some eggs, larvae and capped brood! Woohoo! We also spotted the queen herself.
We refilled the sugar syrup pails, gave each one 1/2 of a pollen patty, and closed them up. Dad drove all the way to Cottage Grove to pick up a new queen, and back again, and we got her installed! We'll have to go back in another week or two, and check again...fingers crossed we'll see some eggs next time!
Here's a movie of our day!
We opened up Penelobee's hive and saw a frame with some eggs, larvae and capped brood! Woohoo! We also spotted the queen herself.
We refilled the sugar syrup pails, gave each one 1/2 of a pollen patty, and closed them up. Dad drove all the way to Cottage Grove to pick up a new queen, and back again, and we got her installed! We'll have to go back in another week or two, and check again...fingers crossed we'll see some eggs next time!
Here's a movie of our day!
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