Checked the “Bees Rules” hive to see if the new queen had been released. Fondant was cleaned out in the queen cage and the queen was not in it. Looks like she is out with her new minions. I pulled two ratty frames from the “Tardis” hive that I’ve wanted to get out of the […]
Picked up a new queen from Snyder’s. I’m a bit pissed that she was not marked. Snyder’s web page says that ALL of their queens are marked. I couldn’t bring myself to pinch the original queen from Kevin. I Polled one frame of resources, 1 frame of 30% capped brood, and 1 frame of mostly
Still waiting to hear from Snyder’s on when they will have a June queen ready for me to replace my original queen. In the mean time, the Tardis hive seems to be progressing well. The bottom brood box has five frames of mostly (20-50%) larvae and capped brood. There is a lot more drone brood
Note: It is a lot more work to inspect two hives than one little hive. In the Tardis Earlier in the week (June 3rd) I got into the Tardis hive to see if the new queen had been released. She was still in the queen cage, but the bees seemed to have accepted her.