Beltane Waning Flower Moon After checking the parent colony with the queen excluder in, I found larvae in the top hive box. That’s evidence of the queen. That meant I shifted the middle hive box over to the new foundation and bottom board. A syrup feeder pail went on top of the new, child colony. […]
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Spring Full Flower Moon Under the full flower moon I inspected my new colony of bees. In this instance I checked the frames for larvae. I couldn’t tell if they were there or not. This is important because it indicates the presence or absence of a laying queen. I’ll check again on Saturday. The queen […]
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