Enjoying and dealing with the ups and downs of life in rural Maine.
Good weather, checking the hives again
Posted 04-06-2013 at 07:09 AM by Zymer
Friday 5:32 PM 4/5/2013
Both hives active. Checked about 4PM, temp had got up to about 60 but dropped to 58 by the time I was
ready to go out, and clouds had moved in.
Hive #2 seeemed to be ignoring the sugar, which isn't really surprising since they had so much capped
honey left.
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Hive #1 was curious, they seemed to not know what to do with the sugar. Some were carrying it about,
others seemed to be actually taking it *out* of the hive, flying off with it.
Noticed a few bees that seemed to have some pollen on their legs...where from?
Saw one bee removing a body from the lower entrance, seemed to have trouble getting out. I removed
the entrance reducer and could see that there were a crapload of dead in there. I swept some out with the hive
tool and noticed quite a bit of sugar among the bodies. Maybe the fondant would have been better for them? Can
they not use the table sugar crystals well?
I don't think it's warm enough yet (on a steady basis) to take off the insulation jackets, so I will have to
wait to really open them up to see what's going on inside.
Both hives active. Checked about 4PM, temp had got up to about 60 but dropped to 58 by the time I was
ready to go out, and clouds had moved in.
Hive #2 seeemed to be ignoring the sugar, which isn't really surprising since they had so much capped
honey left.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hive #1 was curious, they seemed to not know what to do with the sugar. Some were carrying it about,
others seemed to be actually taking it *out* of the hive, flying off with it.
Noticed a few bees that seemed to have some pollen on their legs...where from?
Saw one bee removing a body from the lower entrance, seemed to have trouble getting out. I removed
the entrance reducer and could see that there were a crapload of dead in there. I swept some out with the hive
tool and noticed quite a bit of sugar among the bodies. Maybe the fondant would have been better for them? Can
they not use the table sugar crystals well?
I don't think it's warm enough yet (on a steady basis) to take off the insulation jackets, so I will have to
wait to really open them up to see what's going on inside.
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