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joanne
Joined: 28 Oct 2004 Posts: 7100 Location: Morecambe, Lancashire
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Posted: Sun Jul 10, 16 11:09 am Post subject: Bee diary - 10/07/2016 |
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Just finished in my bees this morning, had given them a few more days for the Queen in the main hive to start laying if she was there.
However there is no sign of a Queen and they weren't as happy as the other two colonies, lots of fanning going on and I noticed a couple of queen cups.
So I took a frame of eggs and brood from the original Queen and gave them that. Hopefully they'll be Queen-right in a month or so, I'll check them next week to see what they are doing with it.
The other two colonies look fine brood and eggs-wise, the original Queen colony however is very low on stores, infact they have hardly any. I'm going to have to keep a close eye on them to make sure they don't starve. I may put a feed on them tonight, just to give them a bit of a boost.
The nucleus that I transferred into the brood chamber on Tuesday is going great guns, I can see them moving onto the new foundation and they've plenty of stores.
I'm really hoping that the weather settles down because we are reaching the point where the next honey flow is due and I really would like to get some honey, even if it's just one super, this year as well as give them time to build up for winter. |
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joanne
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Tavascarow
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joanne
Joined: 28 Oct 2004 Posts: 7100 Location: Morecambe, Lancashire
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