Fed each hive 1qt 2:1 sugar water.
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Month: September 2021
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Feeding 2021-09-19
Fed each hive 1qt 2:1 sugar water.
Hive #2 looks good. Only identified one beetle in the bottom box and still no larva. Was going to smash it, but it got away. The top box is nearly full of honey (sugar water, I assume) and there is a lot of honey in the bottom box along with a good bit of new pollen.
Hive #1 also looks good with a lot of new honey on top and new pollen as well.
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Feeding 2021-09-16
Fed 1qt each 2:1 sugar water.
Checked Hive #2 to see if there are any more hive beetles present. I found a total of 4 in the deep box. Two each on Frame 1 and Frame 10. Looks like the bees are keeping them on the outsides of these frames and I couldn’t see any other beetles on any frames. Smashed three of the four. One got away from me. No beetle larva visible.
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Inspection 2021-09-12
Hive #1. Top box has frames 3-7 partially drawn. No honey or pollen in top. Bottom box has new eggs, larva and sealed brood. Some pollen throughout brood frames. Only one full frame of honey and pollen. Some honey cells elsewhere. Good patterns but hardly any stores. Identified queen.
Hive #2. Top box is basically all drawn and has a good amount of larva and brood. Decent amount of food as well. Didn’t count frames. Bottom box frame 10 had two black beetles and some broken comb. Maybe hive beetles? I took them both out manually and squashed them. Need to look up info on them. Good brood patterns, food throughout brood frames. Identified queen. No activity in queen cups.
Fed each 1qt 1:1 sugar water. Will start feeding 2:1 next feeding.
