Beltane Waxing Dyan Moon
Hat jauntily askew and ready to check on his bees.
The bees have been busy since I left two + weeks ago. A lot more worker bees, probably three times than the original packagae, so maybe 24,000 bees. Also a lot of queen cells so I think they are not far from swarming. I have to contact Mark, my bee expert, and found out if I did the right preventative measures. Using the hive tool, I opened the queen cells and destroyed the brood.
This sounds cruel, but the purpose of new queen cells at this point is to produce a swarm with its own queen. Without them, they will continue to build more worker bees and produce honey in the hives.
Trellis and planting next.
