Showing posts with label Inspection. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Inspection. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 22, 2018

More food and MAQS

Last Wednesday I put on another gallon of syrup on each hive. Over vacation, the bees had drained their  previous gallons.

Today I put on MAQS; the weather should stay between 50 and 90 degrees for the coming week. I took off the feeder pails: the Benedictium had about a quart left in it, and the Salomium was sucked dry. The bamboo is in bloom, so I'm surprised that the bees are so thirsty.

The Benedictium still has some undrawn frames in its upper deep. The Salomium has undrawn frames in both deeps. I doubt I'll super any mediums any time soon.

We saw pollen going in both hives over the weekend.

Wednesday, July 18, 2018

Hive inspection and Feed

I opened up both hives today. In the Salomium I saw EGGS! So the Salomium looks good. I also saw plenty of capped honey.

In the Benedictium I saw plenty of larvae, so my non-observance of pollen in previous notes seems softened.

But I saw no eggs. And I saw no capped honey.

Both feeder pails were empty. Perhaps the Benedictium stopped laying because they were dry.

Anyway, I putt four more pounds of sugar on each hive.