Fed each hive 1qt 2:1 sugar water.
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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.
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Feeding and inspection 2021-08-29
Fed each 1qt 1:1 sugar syrup.
Hive #1. Identified queen. Looks healthy, seems to be wandering in circles on the frame, though. Identified two queen cups on frames 5 and 7 in the bottom deep box. Some comb drawn in the top box. New eggs, larva in all stages and some bees hatching. Little food reserve.
Hive #2. Did not identify queen. New eggs, larva in all stages and some bees hatching. Good amount of food reserve. Comb mostly drawn in the top box. Swapped frames 9 and 10 to get them to draw 10. Lots of eggs in the top box.
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Feeding 2021-08-26
Fed each hive 1qt 1:1 sugar water
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Feeding 2021-08-18
Hive #2 swapped frame 1/2 and 8/9 to get them to draw comb fully. Top box brood frames 4-6. Some hatched. Add another box if another frame and a half are drawn.
Hive #1 added box.
Fed both 1qt 1:1 sugar water.
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Feeding 2021-08-08
Fed each hive 1qt 1:1 sugar water.
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Inspection 2021-08-06
Around noon. Mid-80s, no rain for over a week, low humidity.
Hive #1 – queen laying out to frame #2. 9 and 10 not drawn completely yet. Couldn’t identify queen, but did not fins her in mite wash (alcohol) . No mites. Good brood patterns. Brood in all stages.
Hive #2 – no eggs in upper box, but good start on nectar and pollen. Even some capped honey in upper box. Couldn’t identify queen, but she was not present in the mite wash (alcohol). 1 mite in 1/2 cup bees. Queen laying well, good patterns. Brood in all stages.
Fed both hives 1qt 1:1 sugar water.
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Inspection and feeding 2021-07-29
Very humid.
Hive #1 has visibly more bees and is generally more active. Frames 2-8 are now almost fully drawn. They have started putting nectar and pollen in the wax foundation frames.
Hive #2 is doing very well. Frames 2-8 in upper box are almost fully drawn. No stores or eggs in those frames yet.
Bees from both hives were out on the landing board when I arrived. Waiting until next week to transplant a frame to hive #1.