Thursday, April 30, 2020

April 22, 2020; Checking for Eggs

This post is belated, but last week my dad and I went to check on the bees to see if the queen was laying eggs yet! Dad had a stroke last month, so it was a miracle to have him there this time! I'm so glad this visit was worth the drive and walk for him....the bees look great! Fresh, clean wax, and plenty of eggs, larvae and capped brood. We saw what we needed to see, closed up the hive, and increased the entrance size. The bees were coming back loaded with pollen, too! The insides of the feeder pail lids were crusted with sugar, so I scraped that off so the syrup would flow freely. That's all for today! I'll go back again early next week to check on them, and possibly add another deep!

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