Unity Farm Journal - Third Week of June 2014

With evenings lit by the amber hues of the June Honey Moon, we diligently worked on bees, hives, and honey over Father’s Day weekend.At the beginning of the weekend, we had 11 hives, but with the transfer of queen cells to prevent swarming we ended the weekend with 12 hives.One by one we opened each hive, checked for signs of health issues, looked for queens, checked eggs/larva, inventoried food stores, and documented wax building progress.   Frame by frame we reviewed the status of 100,000 bees.    Here’s our reportHive 1First honey super (extra food stores) is full and some is cappedStarting to build out second honey super combWent into second deep (core of the hive) and found two frames with queen cells that are not yet cappedGave one frame to hive 5 since it is queenlessStarted hive 12 with one frame with 5 queen cells and also took two more frames of brood and nurse beesGave hive 1 four new frames of comb to work onHive 2Building out some of the comb in the honey superLooks healthy with plenty of broodDid not go into bottom deep since second deep was goodHive 3Weak hiveSpotty laying of eggs and have not drawn out more than 60% of the comb in the first deepWatch queen for poor matingAdded syrup to feederMay be able to add a second deep at next inspectionHive 4Filled most of second deep with comb and broodTook off feeder and gave them a honey superHive 5No queen or eggsRemoved four frames and gave 3 to hive 11 and 1 to hive 9Found a frame with eggs in hi...
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